French
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Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.villes nouvelles (
new town
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s) of
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre. The town was built from a
greenfield
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site starting in the 1960s. Its area is 119.2 km2. In 2018, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines had a population of 228,312.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. It is part of the much larger
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
metropolitan area, and is around west of the centre of Paris.
communes
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Élancourt
Élancourt () is a communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, and the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 30.6 km (19.0 mi) from the Kilometre Ze ...
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Guyancourt
Guyancourt () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero ...
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Montigny-le-Bretonneux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yveli ...
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Plaisir
Plaisir () is a commune located in the heart of the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. It is located in the western outer suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
It borders among others on Élancourt (sout ...
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Trappes
Trappes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It is a banlieue located in the western outer suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre zero, c ...
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La Verrière
La Verrière () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
Population
Transport
La Verrière station is served by Transilien trains to Paris and Rambouillet.
Education
Preschools and elementary sc ...
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Villepreux
Villepreux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France in north-central France located about 12 km west of Versailles, in the plaine de Versailles, almost in line with the perspective of the Grand Canal (an axis corresp ...
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Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Voisins-le-Bretonneux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the centre in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
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Of these communes,
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Montigny-le-Bretonneux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yveli ...
is the most centrally located and has the largest population. The 2 most important communes are Trappes and Montigny.
Demographics
Its president is Jean-Michel Fourgous.
Until 2019, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines served as the start and finish point of the famous
Paris–Brest–Paris
Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP) is a long-distance cycling event. It was originally a bicycle race in France from Paris to Brest and back to Paris in 1891. The last time it was run as a race was 1951. The most recent edition of PBP was held on 20 ...
bicycling endurance event.
Economy
Europcar
Europcar Mobility Group is a French car rental company founded in 1949 in Paris. The head office of the holding company, Europcar Group S.A., is in the business park of Val Saint-Quentin at Voisins-le-Bretonneux (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), Fr ...
has its head office in the
business park
A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typically ...
of Val Saint-Quentin at
Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Voisins-le-Bretonneux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the centre in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Population ...
. It previously had its head office in the ''Immeuble Les Quadrants'' in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
At one time
Bouygues
Bouygues S.A. () is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on the Euronext, Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip (stock market), blue chip in the ...
had its head office in the
Kevin Roche
Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Kevin Roche was the Archetype, archetypal Modern architecture, modernist and "member of an elite group of third generation modern ...
-designed Challenger complex in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. It is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries.
Le Golf National
The Albatros course at Le Golf National is an 18-hole golf course in France, southwest of central Paris. Designed by architects Hubert Chesneau and Robert von Hagge, in collaboration with Pierre Thevenin, it is located in Guyancourt.
Facilitie ...
is a private golf course in Saint-Quentin. It hosted the 2018
Ryder Cup
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.
Sport
The city has a
velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate easement ...
2016 UEC European Track Championships
The 2016 UEC European Track Championships was the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 and 23 ...
. Next to the velodrome is also a
BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
History
BMX began during the ea ...
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (, ; UVSQ), also known as Paris-Saclay University (), is a French public university created in 1991, located in the Departments of France, department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Sein ...
Trappes
Trappes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It is a banlieue located in the western outer suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre zero, c ...
Guyancourt
Guyancourt () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero ...
Institut culturel franco-japonais
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Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Montigny-le-Bretonneux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yveli ...