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The arrondissement of Versailles is an arrondissement of France in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region. It has 23 communes. [2] Its population is 417,560 (2019), and its area is 187.2 km 2 (72.3 sq mi). [3]
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
The 15th arrondissement, called Vaugirard, is situated on...
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
The Palace of Versailles (/ v ɛər ˈ s aɪ, v ɜːr ˈ s aɪ / vair-SY, vur-SY; French: château de Versailles [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛʁsɑj] ⓘ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 19 kilometers (12 mi) west of Paris, France.
The arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was created in 1962. In 1968 the department Seine-et-Oise was disbanded, and the arrondissements of Versailles, Mantes-la-Jolie, Rambouillet and Saint-Germain-en-Laye became part of the new department Yvelines.
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The argument over the etymology of Versailles tends to privilege the Latin word versare, meaning "to keep turning, turn over and over", an expression used in medieval times for ploughed lands, cleared lands (lands that had been repeatedly "turned over"). This word formation is similar to Latin seminare ("to sow") which gave French semailles("sowing...
From May 1682, when Louis XIV moved the court and government permanently to Versailles, until his death in September 1715, Versailles was the unofficial capital of the kingdom of France. For the next seven years, during the Régence of Philippe d'Orléans, the royal court of the young King Louis XV was the first in Paris, while the Regent governed fr...
Versailles is located 17.1 km (10.6 mi) west-southwest from the centre of Paris. The city sits on an elevated plateau, 130 to 140 metres (425 to 460 ft) above sea level (whereas the elevation of the centre of Paris is only 33 m (108 ft) above sea level), surrounded by wooded hills: in the north the forests of Marly and Fausses-Reposes, and in the s...
Versailles has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb). Summer days are usually warm and pleasant with average temperatures between 15 and 25 °C (59 and 77 °F), and a fair amount of sunshine. in the winter, sunshine is scarce; days are cool, and nights are cold but generally above freezing with low temperatures around 3 °C (37 °F).Light night frosts are h...
The name of Versailles appears for the first time in a medieval document dated 1038. In the feudal system of medieval France, the lords of Versailles came directly under the king of France, with no intermediary overlords between them and the king; yet they were not very important lords. At the end of the 11th century, the village curled around a me...
Versailles' primary cultural attraction is the Palace, with its ornately decorated rooms and historic significance. The Potager du roi is a kitchen garden created under Louis XIV to supply fruits and vegetables to the Court. It is officially recognized as a Remarkable Garden of France. The town also has other points of cultural notability; in recen...
Football Club de Versailles 78 is a semi-professional association footballclub founded in 1989. Their home stadium is the Stade de Montbauron, which has a capacity of 6,208 people.
The headquarters of the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University is located in the city, as well as the ISIPCA, a post-graduate school in perfume, cosmetics products and food flavour formulation.
Versailles is served by Versailles-Chantiers station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line C, on the Transilien La Défense suburban rail line, on the Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail line, and on several national rail lines, including low-frequency TGVservice. Versailles is also served by two other stations on Paris RER line...
Versailles is twinnedwith: 1. Carthage, Tunisia 2. Gyeongju, South Korea 3. Nara, Japan 4. Potsdam, Germany 5. Taipei, Taiwan
The arrondissement of Paris is an arrondissement of France in the Île-de-France region. It covers exactly the commune and department of Paris . Its population is 2,190,327 (2016), and its area is 105.4 km 2 (40.7 sq mi).
Uniquely among French cities, Paris is both a municipality ( commune) and a department ( département ). Under the PLM Law ( Loi PLM) of 1982, which redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille (hence the PLM acronym ), there are both a city council called the Council of Paris and 20 arrondissement councils in Paris.
