Editing Yvelines

{{short description|Department of France in Île-de-France}}
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'''Yvelines''' ({{IPA|fr|ivlin|-|Fr-Paris--Yvelines.ogg}}) is a [[Departments of France|department]] in the western part of the [[Île-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]] in Northern [[France]]. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.<ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep78.pdf Populations légales 2019: 78 Yvelines], INSEE</ref> Its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] is [[Versailles, Yvelines|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 in France|subprefectures]] are [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], [[Mantes-la-Jolie]] and [[Rambouillet]].

==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>

==Geography==
===Situation===
Yvelines is bordered by the departments 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 department, as well as its northern part along the [[Seine]], is part of the Paris metropolitan area, but the rest of the department is rural, much of it covered by the [[Forest of Rambouillet]] (also known as the Forest of Yveline, from which the name of the department is derived).

Two [[Regional nature parks of France|regional parks]] can be found in Yvelines: [[Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park]] and part of [[Vexin]] Français Park. Yvelines is home to one of France's best known golf courses, La Tuilerie-Bignon, in the village of [[Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche]].

===Principal towns===

Besides [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]] (the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] and most populous commune) and the [[Subprefectures in France|subprefectures]] of [[Mantes-la-Jolie]], [[Rambouillet]], and [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], important cities include [[Conflans-Sainte-Honorine]], [[Poissy]], [[Les Mureaux]], [[Houilles]], [[Plaisir]], [[Sartrouville]], [[Chatou]], [[Le Chesnay]], and the new [[agglomeration communities in France|agglomeration community]] of [[Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]. As of 2019, there are 21 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:<ref name=pop2019/>

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
|-
| [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 84,808
|-
| [[Sartrouville]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 52,774
|-
| [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 44,806
|-
| [[Mantes-la-Jolie]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 43,921
|-
| [[Poissy]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 39,187
|-
| [[Conflans-Sainte-Honorine]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 35,536
|-
| [[Les Mureaux]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 33,203
|-
| [[Houilles]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 32,801
|-
| [[Trappes]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 32,645
|-
| [[Montigny-le-Bretonneux]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 32,282
|}

==Demographics==
In French, a man from the Yvelines is called ''Yvelinois'' (plural ''Yvelinois''); a woman is ''Yvelinoise'' (plural ''Yvelinoises).

===Population development since 1876===
{{historical populations|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/78his.html|title=Historique des Yvelines|website=Le SPLAF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4176909?geo=DEP-78|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2016|publisher=INSEE}}</ref>|graph-pos=bottom
|27=1876|28=235,511|29=1881|30=236,471|31=1891|32=250,552|33=1901|34=270,228|35=1911|36=297,562|37=1921|38=321,237|39=1931|40=408,282|41=1936|42=428,166|43=1946|44=431,499|45=1954|46=519,976|47=1962|48=687,827|49=1968|50=854,382|51=1975|52=1,082,255|53=1982|54=1,196,111|55=1990|56=1,307,150|57=1999|58=1,354,304|59=2006|60=1,395,804|61=2011|62=1,413,635|63=2016|64=1,431,808}}

===Place of birth of residents===
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==Tourism==
===Palaces and châteaux===
* [[Palace of Versailles]]
* [[Château de Breteuil]]
* [[Château du Haut-Buc]]
* [[Château de Dampierre]]
* [[Château de Jouy-en-Josas]]
* [[Château de Maisons]]
* [[Château de Rambouillet]]
* [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]
* [[Château of Thoiry]]
* [[Château de Vaux-sur-Seine]]
* [[Château de Mauvières]]
* [[Château du Pont]]
* [[Château de Villette]]
* [[Château de Millemont]]

===Museums===
* Museum of National Antiques (Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
* Museum of River and Canal Craft (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine)
* Horse-drawn Coach Museum (Versailles)
* Toy Museum (Poissy)
* Sheep Museum (Rambouillet)
* Cloth Museum of Jouy ([[Jouy-en-Josas]])
* National Barn Museum of Port-Royal ([[Magny-les-Hameaux]])
* International Museum of Naive Art
* Musée Lambinet (Versailles)
* Musée de la Grenouillère (Croissy-sur-Seine)
* Musée Fournaise (Chatou)
===Artists' and writers' houses===
* [[Maurice Denis]]'s house, the [[Musée départemental Maurice Denis "The Priory"|Musée départemental Maurice Denis]] (Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
*[[André Derain]]'s house (Chambourcy)
*[[Alexandre Dumas, père]]'s [[Château de Monte-Cristo]] ([[Port-Marly]])
* [[Maurice Ravel]]'s house/museum ([[Montfort-l'Amaury]])
* [[Jean-Claude Richard]]'s family estate ([[Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche]])
*[[Elsa Triolet]]-Aragon's house ([[Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines]])
* [[Ivan Turgenev]] House ([[Bougival]])
* [[Émile Zola]]'s house ([[Médan]])

===Parks and gardens===
* Chèvreloup Arboretum ([[Rocquencourt, Yvelines|Rocquencourt]])
* Marly Estate ([[Marly-le-Roi]])
* Vaux-sur-Seine Castle Garden ([[Vaux-sur-Seine]])
* The King's Vegetable Garden (Versailles)
* Outdoor and entertainment base of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ([[Trappes]])

<gallery>
File:Versailles chateau.jpg|[[Palace of Versailles|Palace]] and [[Gardens of Versailles]]
File:The Grand Trianon Castle in Summer.JPG|The [[Grand Trianon]]
File:Le hameau de la Reine (Versailles) (8040177482).jpg|The [[Hameau de la Reine]]
File:Venus of Brassempouy.jpg|The [[Venus of Brassempouy]] from the collection of the [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]]
File:Jumeauville lavoir01.jpg|[[Lavoir]] of [[Jumeauville]]
</gallery>

==Politics==
In both local and national elections, the department generally supports [[centre-right]] political candidates. [[Michel Rocard]], who served as [[Prime Minister of France]] from 1988 to 1991 under President [[François Mitterrand]], was an MP for the department in the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]. The president of the [[Departmental Council of Yvelines|Departmental Council]] is [[Pierre Bédier]], first elected in 2014.

=== Presidential elections 2nd round ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Winning Candidate!!Party!!%!!2nd Place Candidate!!Party!!%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[2022 French presidential election|2022]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/france-2022-election-presidentielle-second-tour-resultats|title=Les résultats du second tour de l'élection présidentielle|date=19 April 2022|website=France 24}}</ref>
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
| 71.05
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Front (France)|FN]]
| 28.95
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles|title=Présidentielles|first=Ministère de|last=l'Intérieur|website=interieur.gouv.fr}}</ref>
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
| 77.15
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Front (France)|FN]]
| 22.85
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
| [[2012 French presidential election|2012]]
| [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 54.30
| [[François Hollande]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 45.70
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |
| [[2007 French presidential election|2007]]
| [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 58.71
| [[Ségolène Royal]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 41.29
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
| [[2002 French presidential election|2002]]<ref name="auto"/>
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
| 85.59
| [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]
| [[National Rally|FN]]
| 14.41
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
| [[1995 French presidential election|1995]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html|title=Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania|website=www.politiquemania.com}}</ref>
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
| 60.64
| [[Lionel Jospin]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 39.36
|}

===Members of the National Assembly===
In the [[2024 French legislative election|2024 legislative election]], Yvelines elected the following representatives to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 1st constituency]]
| [[Charles Rodwell]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Anne Bergantz]]
| [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 3rd constituency]]
| [[Béatrice Piron]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 4th constituency]]
| [[Marie Lebec]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 5th constituency]]
| [[Yaël Braun-Pivet]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 6th constituency]]
| [[Natalia Pouzyreff]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Place Publique}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 7th constituency]]
| [[Aurélien Rousseau]]
| [[Place Publique|PP]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Génération.s}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 8th constituency]]
| [[Benjamin Lucas (French politician)|Benjamin Lucas]]
| [[Génération.s|G.s.]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 9th constituency]]
| [[Dieynaba Diop]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 10th constituency]]
| [[Aurore Bergé]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 11th constituency]]
| [[William Martinet]]
| [[La France Insoumise|LFI]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Yvelines's 12th constituency]]
| [[Karl Olive]]
| [[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]]
|}

===Senators===
In the [[Senate (France)|Senate]], Yvelines is represented by:

* [[Toine Bourrat]] ([[Miscellaneous right|DVD]]), since 2020
* [[Marta de Cidrac]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]), since 2017
* [[Gérard Larcher]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]), since 2007 (President of the Senate since 2014)
* [[Michel Laugier]] ([[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]]), since 2017
* [[Martin Lévrier]] ([[La République En Marche!|REM]]), since 2017
* [[Sophie Primas]] ([[The Republicans (France)|LR]]), since 2011

==See also==
*[[Cantons of the Yvelines department]]
*[[Communes of the Yvelines department]]
*[[Arrondissements of the Yvelines department]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://www.yvelines.gouv.fr/ Prefecture of Yvelines]
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.yvelines.fr/ Departmental council of Yvelines]
* {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301215046/http://www.les-yvelinois.fr/  History of Famous People and Yvelines]

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