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 ''
Commune s'' 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
Subprefecture s, important cities include
Saint-Germain-en-Laye ,
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine ,
Poissy ,
Les Mureaux ,
Houilles ,
Plaisir ,
Sartrouville , and
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines .
Two '''' and part of the ''parc du
Vexin Français ''.
Yvelines is home to one of France's best known golf courses,
La Tuilerie-Bignon , in the village of
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche .
See also
Map Of Yvelines .
A person from Yvelines is called ''Yvelinois'' in
French .
