Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a communauté d'agglomération in the French département 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 1960's. In 2003, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines had a population of 145,966. It is part of the much larger Paris metropolitan area.
The communauté d'agglomération is made up of seven communes:
- Élancourt
- Guyancourt
- Magny-les-Hameaux
- Montigny-le-Bretonneux
- Trappes
- La Verrière
- Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Of these communes, Montigny-le-Bretonneux is the most centrally located and has the largest population.
The population of the whole communauté d'agglomération has grown almost tenfold in the last 40 years, from a population of 15,118 in 1962.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15 118 |
24 866 | 49 777 | 93 906 | 128 663 | 142 737 | 145 966 |
Its president is Robert Cadalbert.
Every four years, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines serves as the start and finish point of the famous Paris-Brest-Paris bicycling endurance event.
[edit] See also
- Saint-Quentin: general link for other localities with this name
