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Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Latitude and Longitude:
48°47′17.16″N 2°02′40.56″E / 48.7881000°N 2.0446000°E / 48.7881000; 2.0446000
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Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Communauté d'agglomération
Location within the Yvelines department
Location within the Yvelines department
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
No. of  communes12
Seat Trappes
Area
119.2 km2 (46.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
228,312
 • Density1,915/km2 (4,960/sq mi)
Website www.saint-quentin-en-yvelines.fr

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ kɑ̃.tɛ̃ ɑ̃.n‿iv.lin]) is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles ( new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre. The town was built from a greenfield site starting in the 1960s. Its area is 119.2 km2. In 2018, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines had a population of 228,312. [1] It is part of the much larger Paris metropolitan area, and is around 25 km (16 mi) west of the centre of Paris.

Administrative divisions

The communauté d'agglomération comprises 12 communes: [2] [3]

  1. Les Clayes-sous-Bois
  2. Coignières
  3. Élancourt
  4. Guyancourt
  5. Magny-les-Hameaux
  6. Maurepas
  7. Montigny-le-Bretonneux
  8. Plaisir
  9. Trappes
  10. La Verrière
  11. Villepreux
  12. Voisins-le-Bretonneux

Of these communes, Montigny-le-Bretonneux is the most centrally located and has the largest population. The 2 most importants communes are Trappes and Montigny.

Demographics

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 51,393—    
1975 109,484+11.41%
1982 163,605+5.91%
1990 204,010+2.80%
1999 224,259+1.06%
2007 227,888+0.20%
2012 226,469−0.12%
2017 229,353+0.25%
Populations of the area corresponding with the communauté d'agglomération at 1 January 2020.
Source: INSEE [4]

Its president is Jean-Michel Fourgous. [2]

Until 2019, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines served as the start and finish point of the famous Paris–Brest–Paris bicycling endurance event.

Economy

Europcar has its head office in the business park of Val Saint-Quentin at Voisins-le-Bretonneux. [5] It previously had its head office in the Immeuble Les Quadrants in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. [6]

At one time Bouygues had its head office in the Kevin Roche-designed Challenger complex in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. [7] It is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries. [8]

Le Golf National is a private golf course in Saint-Quentin. It hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup. [9]

Sport

Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

The city has a velodrome, the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. It was built between 2011 and 2014 and hosted the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 UEC European Track Championships. Next to the velodrome is also a BMX track.

Between 1991 and 2015, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines was the start and finish location for the Paris-Brest-Paris randonnée. [10]

Education

Universities:

Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:

International schools:

References

  1. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b CA de Saint Quentin en Yvelines (N° SIREN : 200058782), BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Intercommunalité-Métropole de CA de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (200058782) − COG | Insee". www.insee.fr. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ " Legal information Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine." Europcar. Retrieved on June 23, 2015. "and whose registered office is Bat OP, 2 rue René Caudron, 78960 Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France"
  6. ^ " Our Headquarters Archived 2011-12-26 at the Wayback Machine." Europcar. Retrieved on 26 December 2011. "3 avenue du Centre Immeuble Les Quadrants 78881 St QUENTIN en Yvelines FRANCE "
  7. ^ "Bouygues reste fidèle à son architecte". Le Journal du Net [ fr] (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  8. ^ " Contacts Archived 2011-12-29 at the Wayback Machine." Bouygues Construction. Retrieved on 27 December 2011. "Bouygues Construction Challenger 1, avenue Eugène Freyssinet Guyancourt 78061 St-Quentin-en-Yvelines France"
  9. ^ "France beats favourites Spain to host 2018 Ryder Cup". BBC Sport. May 17, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "Paris-Brest-Paris 2019". www.paris-brest-paris.org. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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