Yvelines
Yvelines is a department in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Versailles. About 1,395,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Yvelines | |
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.jpg.webp) .jpg.webp) .jpg.webp) .jpg.webp)  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  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Yvelines in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′N 1°55′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Prefecture | Versailles |
| Subprefectures | Mantes-la-Jolie Rambouillet Saint-Germain- en-Laye |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Pierre Bédier (LR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,284 km2 (882 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,431,808 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 78 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 21 |
| Communes | 259 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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