Ceety Versailles
Versailles (French pronunciation: or ) is a ceety in the depairtment o the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renained warldwide for its castle, the palace an the gairdens o Versailles, designatit UNESCO Warld Heritage Steids.
Accordin tae the 2008 census, the population o the ceety is 88,641 indwallers, doun frae a peak o 94,145 in 1975.
Versailles | |
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Commune | |
 Frae tap left tae bottom richt: Le Soir ("The Evening" in the gairdens o Versailles); rue des Deux-Portes; the Château de Versailles taken frae the gairdens; Versailles Cathedral; equestrian statue o Louis XIV, place d'Armes, in front o the Château; Kirk o Notre-Dame, Versailles, parish kirk o the Château; the bassin d'Apollon in the gairdens o Versailles; la salle du Jeu de paume (whaur the Tennis Coort Oath was signed); the Musée Lambinet (municipal museum o Versailles); the Temple de l'Amour ("Temple o Love", gairden o the Petit Trianon) | |
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 Location (in reid) within Paris inner an ooter suburbs | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′19″N 2°08′06″E / 48.8053°N 2.135°E 2°08′06″E / 48.8053°N 2.135°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Depairtment | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Versailles |
| Intercommunality | Versailles Grand Parc |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | François de Mazières (DVD) |
| Area 1 | 26.18 km2 (10.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2016-01-01)2 | 87,315 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78646 /78000 |
| Elevation | 103–180 m (338–591 ft) (avg. 132 m or 433 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Education
The headquarters o the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University are locatit in the ceety, as well as the ISIPCA, a post graduate schuil in perfume, cosmetics products an fuid flavor formulation.
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Versailles is twinned wi:
References
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