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Yvelines

Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2023, it had a population of 1,485,086. Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Yvelines' subprefectures are Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet.

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Yvelines is a department located in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France, with a population of about 1.5 million people as of 2023. It is historically significant as the home of Versailles, which served as the principal royal residence of France from 1682 to 1789 and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Settlement.name: Yvelines
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_caption: From top down, left to right: prefecture building in Versailles, view of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, forest and lake in Guyancourt, marble courtyard and gardens of the Palace of Versailles
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau fr département Yvelines.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Yvelines.svg
Settlement.image_map: Yvelines-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Yvelines in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Île-de-France
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Versailles
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Mantes-la-JolieRambouilletSaint-Germain-en-Laye
Settlement.leader_party: LR

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Yvelines
Population: 1485086
Area: 2284
Official website: www.yvelines.pref.gouv.fr
Image: Prefecture yvelines versailles.jpg

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Commons category: Yvelines
Commons gallery: Yvelines
start time: 1968-01-01
inception: 1968-01-01
annual number of weddings: 4676
social media followers: 26035
native label: Yvelines
P12749: Q145788

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History
Geography
Situation
Principal towns
Demographics
Population development since 1876
Place of birth of residents
Tourism
Palaces and châteaux
Museums
Artists' and writers' houses
Parks and gardens
Politics
Presidential elections 2nd round
Members of the National Assembly
Senators
See also
References
External links

==History== Yvelines was created from the western part of the former department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a ''décret d'application'' (a decree specifying how a law should be enforced) from 26 February 1965. It inherited Seine-et-Oise's official number of 78 since it took up the largest portion of its territory. In addition to this, it inherited Seine-et-Oise's prefecture, Versailles.