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 5 villes nouvelles(new town) 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
