Yvelines

Yvelines
Department of France
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
Flag of Yvelines
Flag
Coat of arms of Yvelines
Coat of arms
Location of Yvelines in France
Location of Yvelines in France
Coordinates: 48°50′N 1°55′E / 48.833°N 1.917°E / 48.833; 1.917
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
PrefectureVersailles
SubprefecturesMantes-la-Jolie
Rambouillet
Saint-Germain-
en-Laye
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilPierre Bédier[1] (LR)
Area
1
 • Total
2,284 km2 (882 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
1,456,365
 • Rank8th
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • Total€60.058 billion (2021)
 • Per capita€42,238 (2021)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number78
Arrondissements4
Cantons21
Communes259
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

Yvelines (French: [ivlin] ⓘ eev-leen) is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.[4] 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.

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 Yveline, next to Rambouillet.[5]

It gained the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble from the adjacent department of Essonne in 1969.

The departmental capital, Versailles, which grew up around Louis XIV's château, was also the French capital for more than a century under the Ancien Régime and again between 1871 and 1879 during the early years of the Third Republic. Since then the château has continued to welcome the French Parliament when it is called upon to sit in a congressional sitting (with both houses sitting together) in order to enact constitutional changes or to listen to a formal declaration by the President.[6]

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 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 (the prefecture and most populous commune) and the 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 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:[4]

Commune Population (2019)
Versailles 84,808
Sartrouville 52,774
Saint-Germain-en-Laye 44,806
Mantes-la-Jolie 43,921
Poissy 39,187
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine 35,536
Les Mureaux 33,203
Houilles 32,801
Trappes 32,645
Montigny-le-Bretonneux 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 population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1876235,511—    
1881236,471+0.08%
1891250,552+0.58%
1901270,228+0.76%
1911297,562+0.97%
1921321,237+0.77%
1931408,282+2.43%
1936428,166+0.96%
1946431,499+0.08%
1954519,976+2.36%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1962687,827+3.56%
1968854,382+3.68%
19751,082,255+3.44%
19821,196,111+1.44%
19901,307,150+1.12%
19991,354,304+0.39%
20061,395,804+0.43%
20111,413,635+0.25%
20161,431,808+0.26%
Sources:[7][8]

Place of birth of residents

Place of birth of residents of Yvelines in 1999
Born in metropolitan France Born outside metropolitan France
85.5% 14.5%
Born in
overseas France 		Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 EU-15 immigrants2 Non-EU-15 immigrants
1.1% 3.0% 4.2% 6.2%
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.

2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Tourism

Palaces and châteaux

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

Parks and gardens

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. The president of the Departmental Council is Pierre Bédier, first elected in 2014.

Presidential elections 2nd round

Election Winning Candidate Party % 2nd Place Candidate Party %
2022[9] Emmanuel Macron LREM 71.05 Marine Le Pen FN 28.95
2017[10] Emmanuel Macron LREM 77.15 Marine Le Pen FN 22.85
2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 54.30 François Hollande PS 45.70
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 58.71 Ségolène Royal PS 41.29
2002[10] Jacques Chirac RPR 85.59 Jean-Marie Le Pen FN 14.41
1995[11] Jacques Chirac RPR 60.64 Lionel Jospin PS 39.36

Members of the National Assembly

In the 2024 legislative election, Yvelines elected the following representatives to the National Assembly:

Constituency Member[12] Party
Yvelines's 1st constituency Charles Rodwell RE
Yvelines's 2nd constituency Anne Bergantz MoDem
Yvelines's 3rd constituency Béatrice Piron RE
Yvelines's 4th constituency Marie Lebec RE
Yvelines's 5th constituency Yaël Braun-Pivet RE
Yvelines's 6th constituency Natalia Pouzyreff RE
Yvelines's 7th constituency Aurélien Rousseau PP
Yvelines's 8th constituency Benjamin Lucas G.s.
Yvelines's 9th constituency Dieynaba Diop PS
Yvelines's 10th constituency Aurore Bergé RE
Yvelines's 11th constituency William Martinet LFI
Yvelines's 12th constituency Karl Olive RE

Senators

In the Senate, Yvelines is represented by:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 regions". ec.europa.eu.
  4. ^ a b Populations légales 2019: 78 Yvelines, INSEE
  5. ^ Busson (abbé G.) Ledru(abbé A.) Actus pontificum Cenomannis in urbe degentium (1902), p. 112.
  6. ^ "Communiqué de la présidence de la République" (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Historique des Yvelines". Le SPLAF.
  8. ^ "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE.
  9. ^ "Les résultats du second tour de l'élection présidentielle". France 24. 19 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Présidentielles". interieur.gouv.fr.
  11. ^ "Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania". www.politiquemania.com.
  12. ^ Nationale, Assemblée. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale.