Yvelines, Department in western Île-de-France region, France.
The department spans 2,284 square kilometers, featuring landscapes from dense urban areas near Paris to forests and agricultural territories in the west.
Created in 1968 from the western portion of Seine-et-Oise department, Yvelines inherited the administrative number 78 and established Versailles as its capital.
The department maintains numerous castles, parks, and gardens, with the Palace of Versailles representing the centerpiece of French architectural and artistic heritage.
The territory includes 262 municipalities organized in four districts, with efficient transportation networks connecting suburban areas to central Paris through trains and highways.
Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt holds the record for the longest municipality name in Yvelines, while Buc maintains the distinction of having the shortest name.
Location: Île-de-France
Inception: January 1, 1968
Capital city: Versailles
Shares border with: Val-d'Oise, Hauts-de-Seine, Essonne, Eure-et-Loir, Eure
Website: http://yvelines.pref.gouv.fr
GPS coordinates: 48.83333,1.91667
Latest update: May 27, 2025 20:17
Palace of Versailles
15.3 km
Notre-Dame de Chartres
53.3 km
Gardens of Versailles
14.3 km
Hall of Mirrors
15.3 km
Petit Trianon
14.3 km
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
15 km
Château de Malmaison
18.8 km
Aérotrain
23.6 km
Grand Trianon
13.9 km
La Lanterne
13.3 km
Château Louis XIV
15 km
Wow Safari Thoiry
10 km
Château de Rambouillet
22.1 km
Maintenon Castle
37.1 km
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
22.4 km
Château de Marly
13.9 km
Parc Montretout
22 km
Château de Breteuil
18.7 km
Fort Mont-Valérien
22.2 km
Le Golf National
14.5 km
Machine de Marly
15.8 km
Claude Monet Foundation
38.7 km
Park of Versailles
14.3 km
Stained glass windows of the cathedral of Chartres
53.3 km
Camp des Loges
15.1 km
Château de Maisons
21.5 km
Château de Monte-Cristo
14.9 km
Gare de Versailles-Chantiers
16.6 kmReviews
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arrondissement of Rambouillet
arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
arrondissement of Versailles
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Blaru
Boissets
Bazainville
Boinville-le-Gaillard
Autouillet
Viroflay
Boinvilliers
Béhoust
Bailly
Bennecourt
Bazemont
Bazoches-sur-Guyonne
Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Boinville-en-Mantois
Villiers-le-Mahieu
La Boissière-École
Villette
Villiers-Saint-Frédéric
La Verrière
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
Maurepas
Les Essarts-le-Roi
Lévis-Saint-Nom
Saint-Cyr-l'École
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Rambouillet
Mantes-la-Jolie
Sartrouville
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Le Chesnay
Guyancourt
Élancourt
Chatou
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Fontenay-le-Fleury
Triel-sur-Seine
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Épône
Goussonville
Porcheville
Condé-sur-Vesgre
Bréval
Prunay-en-Yvelines
Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Achères
Gazeran
Davron
Montfort-l'Amaury
Jouars-Pontchartrain
Buc
Guitrancourt
Allainville
Vaux-sur-Seine
Rolleboise
Mareil-sur-Mauldre
La Queue-les-Yvelines
Maurecourt
Orvilliers
Montalet-le-Bois
Hargeville
Saint-Lambert
Gaillon-sur-Montcient
Cernay-la-Ville
Dammartin-en-Serve
Longvilliers
Tessancourt-sur-Aubette
Bourdonné
Rennemoulin
Guerville
Orcemont
Orphin
Châteaufort
Oinville-sur-Montcient
Jambville
Buchelay
Saint-Martin-la-Garenne
Chavenay
Maulette
Nézel
Boissy-Mauvoisin
Aulnay-sur-Mauldre
Mareil-le-Guyon
Millemont
Grosrouvre
Feucherolles
Flexanville
Houilles
Ecquevilly
Saulx-Marchais
Auteuil
Adainville
Vicq
Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines
Les Alluets-le-Roi
Le Pecq
Meulan-en-Yvelines
Émancé
Chambourcy
Longnes
Les Mureaux
Ablis
Trappes
Marcq
La Celle-Saint-Cloud
Les Bréviaires
Plaisir
Tacoignières
Jouy-en-Josas
Vélizy-Villacoublay
Houdan
Bougival
Chevreuse
Chanteloup-les-Vignes
Bouafle
Bonnelles
Choisel
Chapet
Chaufour-lès-Bonnières
Bonnières-sur-Seine
Carrières-sous-Poissy
Carrières-sur-Seine
La Celle-les-Bordes
Brueil-en-Vexin
Bullion
Maisons-Laffitte
Dannemarie
Courgent
Crespières
Cravent
Croissy-sur-Seine
Villepreux
Dampierre-en-Yvelines
Villennes-sur-Seine
Les Clayes-sous-Bois
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines
Coignières
Limay
Sonchamp
Le Tartre-Gaudran
Hardricourt
Fourqueux
Fontenay-Saint-Père
Drocourt
Freneuse
Vernouillet
Gommecourt
Gargenville
Favrieux
Goupillières
Évecquemont
Follainville-Dennemont
Gressey
Vieille-Église-en-Yvelines
Garancières
Vert
Flins-sur-Seine
Galluis
Guernes
Hermeray
Gambaiseuil
Gambais
Flins-Neuve-Église
La Hauteville
Fontenay-Mauvoisin
Grandchamp
Herbeville
Le Vésinet
La Villeneuve-en-Chevrie
Flacourt
La Falaise
Verneuil-sur-Seine
Mulcent
Marly-le-Roi
Civry-la-Forêt
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
Rochefort-en-Yvelines
Aubergenville
Boissy-sans-Avoir
L'Étang-la-Ville
Sainte-Mesme
Les Loges-en-Josas
Maule
Auffargis
Ménerville
Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Méré
Méricourt
Les Mesnuls
Jeufosse
Mareil-Marly
Mantes-la-Ville
Limetz-Villez
Lainville-en-Vexin
Jumeauville
Jouy-Mauvoisin
Juziers
Louveciennes
Médan
Issou
Magnanville
Lommoye
Milon-la-Chapelle
Breuil-Bois-Robert
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
Neauphle-le-Château
Montesson
Mézy-sur-Seine
Orgeval
Neauphle-le-Vieux
Montchauvet
Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt
Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre
Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré
Tilly
Noisy-le-Roi
Port-Villez
Orgerus
Prunay-le-Temple
Mondreville
Andelu
Richebourg
Toussus-le-Noble
Aigremont
Rocquencourt
Arnouville-lès-Mantes
Andrésy
Perdreauville
Le Perray-en-Yvelines
Auffreville-Brasseuil
Ponthévrard
Saint-Illiers-le-Bois
Montainville
Septeuil
Neauphlette
Rosny-sur-Seine
Morainvilliers
Orsonville
Moisson
Saint-Illiers-la-Ville
Poigny-la-Forêt
Saint-Hilarion
Osmoy
Paray-Douaville
Le Port-Marly
Le Tertre-Saint-Denis
Raizeux
Mézières-sur-Seine
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