Editing Yvelines (section)

==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]].

Yvelines derives its name from the [[Forest of Rambouillet|Forest of Yveline]], next to [[Rambouillet]].<ref>Busson (abbé G.) Ledru(abbé A.) Actus pontificum Cenomannis in urbe degentium (1902), {{p.|112}}.</ref>

It gained the [[Communes of France|communes]] of [[Châteaufort, Yvelines|Châteaufort]] and [[Toussus-le-Noble]] from the adjacent department of [[Essonne]] in 1969.

The departmental capital, [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]], which grew up around [[Palace of Versailles|Louis XIV's château]], was also the [[France|French]] [[Capital city|capital]] for more than a century under the [[Ancien Régime]] and again between 1871 and 1879 during the early years of the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]]. Since then the château has continued to welcome the [[French Parliament]] when it is called upon to sit in a [[Congress of France|congressional]] sitting (with both houses sitting together) in order to enact [[Constitution of France|constitutional]] changes or to listen to a formal declaration by the [[President of France|President]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elysee.fr/documents/index.php?lang=fr&mode=view&cat_id=8&press_id=2699|title=Communiqué de la présidence de la République|access-date=17 October 2009|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615200951/http://www.elysee.fr/documents/index.php?lang=fr&mode=view&cat_id=8&press_id=2699|archive-date=15 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>