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| Number | 78 |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Prefecture | Versailles |
| Subprefectures | Mantes-la-Jolie Rambouillet Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Population | Ranked 8th
593 /km² |
| Area | 2,284 km² |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 39 |
| Communes | 262The following is a list of the 262 communes of the Yvelines departement of France: (CAM) Communaute d'agglomeration de Mantes en Yvelines created in 2000. CAS) Communaute d'agglomeration de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines created in 2004. INSEE code Postal code |
| President of the general councilOverview In France, the President of the General Council is the locally-elected head of the Conseil General the assembly governing a departement a county-level territory. The position is elected by the General Councillors from among their number. If there | Franck Borotra |
| Location | |
Yvelines is a FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. département in the région of Île-de-France.
Yvelines was created from the western part of the no longer existing département of Seine-et-OiseSeine-et-Oise is a former French departement''. It was created on March 4, 1790, and abolished on January 1, 1968. Its territory was split between the following departements Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines on January 1January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other, 1968 in accordance with a law passed on January 10, 1964 and a décret d'application (a decree specifying how a law should be enforced) from February 26, 1965.
It gained the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble from the adjacent département of Essonne in 1969.
Yvelines is bordered by the départements of Val-d'Oise on the north, Hauts-de-Seine on the east, Essonne on the southeast, Eure-et-Loir on the southwest, and Eure on the west.
The eastern part of the département, as well as its northern part along the Seine, are part of the Paris metropolitan area, but the rest of the départment is rural, much of it covered by the Rambouillet Forest.
Besides Versailles (the prefecture) and the subprefectures, important cities include Saint-Germain-En-Laye , Conflans-Sainte-Honorine , Poissy, Les Mureaux , Houilles , Plaisir , Sartrouville, and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Two parcs naturels régionaux can be found in Yvelines: the parc de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse and part of the parc du Vexin Français .
See also Map of Yvelines.
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