Yvelines

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Yvelines (French pronunciation: [ivlin] ) is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2023, it had a population of 1,485,086. Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Yvelines's subprefectures are Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet. Yvelines was created on 1 January 1968 from the western part of the former department of Seine-et-Oise.

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