Yvelines
Yvelines is a
French département in the
région of
Île-de-France.
Yvelines was created from the western part of the no longer existing
département of
Seine-et-Oise on
January 1,
1968 in accordance with a law passed on
January 10,
1964 and a
décret d'application (a decree specifying how a law should be enforced) from
February 26,
1965.
It gained the
communes of
Châteaufort and
Toussus-le-Noble from the adjacent
département of
Essonne in
1969.
Yvelines is bordered by the
départements 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
département, as well as its northern part along the
Seine, are part of the
Paris metropolitan area, but the rest of the
départment is rural, much of it covered by the
Rambouillet Forest.
Besides
Versailles (the
prefecture) and the
subprefectures, important cities include
Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine,
Poissy,
Les Mureaux,
Houilles,
Plaisir,
Sartrouville, and
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Two
parcs naturels régionaux can be found in Yvelines: the
parc de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse and part of the
parc du Vexin Français.
See also
Map of Yvelines.
A person from Yvelines is called
Yvelinois in
French.
Palaces and Châteaux
*
Palace of Versailles*
Château of Breteuil*
Château of Dampierre*
Château of Maisons-Lafitte*
Château of Rambouillet*
Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye*
Château of Thoiry*
Château of Vaux-sur-SeineMuseums
* 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)
Artist's and Writer's Houses
*
André Derain's house (
Chambourcy)
*
Elsa Triolet-Aragon's house (
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines)
*
Émile Zola's house (
Médan)
*
Maurice Ravel's house/museum (
Montfort-l'Amaury)
*
Ivan Tourguéniev House (
Bougival)
* Château of Monte-Cristo (
Port-Marly)
Parks and Gardens
* Chèvreloup Arboretum (
Rocquencourt)
* Marly Estate (
Marly-le-Roi)
* Vaux sur Seine Castle Garden (
Vaux sur Seine)
* The King's Vegetable Garden (
Versailles)
Senators from Yvelines
*
About Nicolas (
Centrist Union)
*
Bellanger Jacques (
Socialist Party)
*
Braye Dominique (
UMP)
*
Gournac Alain (
UMP)
*
Larcher Gérard (
UMP)
*
Préfecture of Yvelines (in French)*
Conseil Général of Yvelines (in French)
