Editing Versailles, Yvelines (section)

==Geography==
Versailles is located {{convert|17.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-southwest from the centre of Paris. The city sits on an elevated plateau, {{convert|130|to|140|m|ft}} above sea level (whereas the elevation of the centre of Paris is only {{convert|33|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level), surrounded by wooded hills: in the north the forests of ''[[Forêt de Marly|Marly]]'' and Fausses-Reposes, and in the south the forests of Satory and [[Meudon]].

The city ([[Commune in France|commune]]) of Versailles has an area of {{convert|26.18|km2|sqmi acre|abbr=on}}, which is a quarter of the area of the city of Paris. In 1989, Versailles had a population density of {{convert|3,344|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}, whereas Paris had a density of {{convert|20,696|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}.

Born out of the will of a king, the city has a rational and symmetrical grid of streets. By the standards of the 18th century, Versailles was a very modern European city. Versailles was used as a model for the building of [[Washington, D.C.]], by [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant]].<ref>Phillips, P. Lee, F. R. G. S., List of maps and views of Washington and District of Columbia in the Library of Congress, Map Division, Government Printing Office, 1900, p. 16 [https://books.google.com/books?id=fJUuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16]</ref>