Arrondissement of Versailles

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 km² (72.3 sq mi).^[3]

Versailles
Arrondissement
Location within the region Île-de-France
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
No. of communes	23
Prefecture	Versailles
Area	187.2 km2 (72.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	417,771
• Density	2,232/km2 (5,780/sq mi)
INSEE code	784

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Versailles, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Bailly (78043)
2. Bois-d'Arcy (78073)
3. Bougival (78092)
4. Buc (78117)
5. La Celle-Saint-Cloud (78126)
6. Châteaufort (78143)
7. Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt (78158)
8. Les Clayes-sous-Bois (78165)
9. Fontenay-le-Fleury (78242)
10. Guyancourt (78297)
11. Jouy-en-Josas (78322)
12. Les Loges-en-Josas (78343)
13. Montigny-le-Bretonneux (78423)
14. Noisy-le-Roi (78455)
15. Plaisir (78490)
16. Rennemoulin (78518)
17. Saint-Cyr-l'École (78545)
18. Toussus-le-Noble (78620)
19. Trappes (78621)
20. Vélizy-Villacoublay (78640)
21. Versailles (78646)
22. Villepreux (78674)
23. Viroflay (78686)

History

The arrondissement of Versailles was created in 1800 as part of the department Seine-et-Oise.^[4] In 1968 it became part of the new department Yvelines.^[5] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Seine-et-Marne, it received six communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Rambouillet.^[6]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Mantes were, as of January 2015:^[7]

1. Le Chesnay
2. Montigny-le-Bretonneux
3. Plaisir
4. Saint-Cyr-l'École
5. Trappes
6. Vélizy-Villacoublay
7. Versailles-Nord
8. Versailles-Nord-Ouest
9. Versailles-Sud
10. Viroflay

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. "Arrondissement de Versailles (784)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2022". INSEE. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
4. Ancien département : la Seine-et-Oise
5. Historique des Yvelines
6. "Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 33–40. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
7. Populations légales 2012: 78 Yvelines, INSEE

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