Yvelines department

Yvelines
region	Île-de-France
prefecture	Versailles
Sub-prefecture (s)	Mantes-la-Jolie Rambouillet Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Residents	1,438,266 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	629 inhabitants per km²
surface	2,285.96 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	11
Cantons	21st
Communities	259
President of the Department Council	Pierre Bédier
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-78
Location of the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France

Allée couverte de la Justice

The Yvelines [ iˈvlin ] department is the French department with serial number 78. It is located in the western part of the Île-de-France region in the greater Paris area and is named after the former name of the Rambouillet forest .

geography

The Yvelines department is bordered by the Eure department to the north-west, the Val-d'Oise department to the north, the Hauts-de-Seine department to the east, the Essonne department to the south-east and the Eure-et-Loir department to the west .

The north of the department is traversed by the Seine in a westerly direction . In the south lies the forest of Rambouillet (Fôret de Rambouillet) , the eastern part of which extends into the Regional Nature Park de la Haute-Vallée de Chevreuse .

coat of arms

Description : Golden lilies sown in blue and two slanting silver beams .

prehistory

Megalithic systems are also found in the Yvelines department . Of the 17 attested to, 8 are still preserved. At least four have been identified at Épône, including the Pierres de La Justice . The Neolithic collective graves have different shapes, all of which can be found in Yvelines: Allée couverte, the dolmens , the hypogeum and unique pieces such as the Allée sépulcrale of Bonnières-sur-Seine . Depending on the size of the complex, they can contain hundreds of burials as well as plenty of grave goods, including cut axes and flint blades , ceramics, bone tools, slate objects and jewelry.

history

The department was created in 1968 when the Seine-et-Oise department was divided into three smaller departments. The serial number 78 differs from the alphabetical order , as the number of the dissolved department Seine-et-Oise was transferred to Yvelines.

Cities

In view of the number of inhabitants that corresponds to that of Munich and a largely contiguous settlement area, the communal structure of Yvelines is highly fragmented. The most populous municipalities in the Yvelines department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Versailles	85,862	Versailles
Sartrouville	51,967	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Mantes-la-Jolie	44,299	Mantes-la-Jolie
Saint-Germain-en-Laye	44,753	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Poissy	37,388	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine	35,846	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Montigny-le-Bretonneux	32,929	Versailles
Les Mureaux	32,792	Mantes-la-Jolie
Houilles	32,151	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Plaisir	31,419	Versailles

politics

The department is represented in the following parliaments:

• by 12 members of the French parliament in the Assemblée nationale and six senators in the Senate ,
• by a member of the European Parliament ,
• through 28 regional councils in the regional council ( conseil régional ) of Île-de-France .

The Départementrat ( conseil départemental ) of the Yvelines has 42 members ( conseillers départementaux ).

Administrative division

The Yvelines department is divided into 4 arrondissements, 21 cantons and 259 communes:

Communes and arrondissements in the Yvelines department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Mantes-la-Jolie	5	109	274.066	759.02	361	781
Rambouillet	5	83	229.105	988.74	232	782
Saint-Germain-en-Laye	10	44	519.133	351.98	1,475	783
Versailles	9	23	415,962	186.22	2.234	784
Yvelines department	21st	259	1,438,266	2,285.96	629	78

See also:

• List of communes in the Yvelines department
• List of cantons in the Yvelines department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Yvelines department

climate

The climate of the Yvelines is a mixture of oceanic influences from the west and continental influences from the east, but weakened by the self-warming of the greater Paris area. It's also not very humid, with an average annual rainfall of just 600mm. The strong westerly winds protect the Yvelines relatively well from air pollution from Paris . Thunderstorm locations are common in summer. The areas on the Seine in the north and south are particularly affected by local deviations (microclimate) .

economy

Yvelines is home to numerous plants in the automotive industry (Citroën, Peugeot, Renault), the aerospace and defense industries, and the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Attractions

• Palace of Versailles
• Rambouillet Castle
• Saint-Germain-en-Laye Castle
• Cave aux Fées

literature

• Yvelines. 78 . In: La Grande Encyclopédie . 20 volumes, Larousse, Paris 1971–1976, p. 14749 (French).

Web links

Commons : Yvelines department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Yvelines department (French)
• Prefecture of the Yvelines department (French)
• Les dolmens d'Epone

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.yvelines.fr/elus/ accessed on August 12, 2012
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 2, 2015 

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '  N , 2 ° 8'  E