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Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Field	Value
type	CA
name	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
image_map	Localisation EPCI de Saint-Quentin en Yvelines dans les Yvelines, France.svg
map_caption	Location within the Yvelines department
INSEE	78
nbcomm	12
seat	Trappes
population	228312
population_as_of	2018
area	119.2
website

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () 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. It is part of the much larger Paris metropolitan area, and is around 25 km west of the centre of Paris.

Administrative divisions

The communauté d'agglomération comprises 12 communes:

Les Clayes-sous-Bois
Coignières
Élancourt
Guyancourt
Magny-les-Hameaux
Maurepas
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Plaisir
Trappes
La Verrière
Villepreux
Voisins-le-Bretonneux

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

Demographics

|graph-pos = right |1968 |51393 |1975 |109484 |1982 |163605 |1990 |204010 |1999 |224259 |2007 |227888 |2012 |226469 |2017 |229353

Its president is Jean-Michel Fourgous.

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. It previously had its head office in the Immeuble Les Quadrants in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

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

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

Sport

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.

Education

Universities:

Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:

Lycée les Sept Mares (Maurepas)
Lycée Sonia Delaunay (Villepreux)
Lycée Dumont d'Urville (Maurepas)
Lycée Descartes de Montigny le Bretonneux
Lycée des métiers Louis Blériot (Trappes)
Lycée des métiers Henri Matisse (Trappes)
Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle (Trappes)
Lycée de Villaroy (Guyancourt)
Lycée Jean-Vilar (Plaisir)

International schools:

Institut culturel franco-japonais (Montigny-le-Bretonneux)

References

[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=EPCI-200058782 Comparateur de territoire], INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
[https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/intercommunalite/200058782-ca-de-saint-quentin-en-yvelines CA de Saint Quentin en Yvelines (N° SIREN : 200058782)], BANATIC, accessed 4 November 2024.
"Intercommunalité : Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines". INSEE.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=EPCI-200058782#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
"[http://www.europcar-group.com/en/legal-information/ Legal information] {{webarchive. link. (2015-06-23 ." Europcar. Retrieved on June 23, 2015. "and whose registered office is Bat OP, 2 rue René Caudron, 78960 Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France")
"[http://www.europcar.com/EBE/module/render/Our-headquarters Our Headquarters] {{webarchive. link. (2011-12-26 ." Europcar. Retrieved on 26 December 2011. "3 avenue du Centre Immeuble Les Quadrants 78881 St QUENTIN en Yvelines FRANCE ")
"Bouygues reste fidèle à son architecte". {{ill.
"[http://www.bouygues-construction.com/826i/tranversal-corssover-pages/contacts.html Contacts] {{webarchive. link. (2011-12-29 ." Bouygues Construction. Retrieved on 27 December 2011. "Bouygues Construction Challenger 1, avenue Eugène Freyssinet Guyancourt 78061 St-Quentin-en-Yvelines France")
(May 17, 2011). "France beats favourites Spain to host 2018 Ryder Cup". BBC Sport.
"Paris-Brest-Paris 2019".

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