Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines


Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a new town and a communauté d'agglomération in the French département of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles 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. In 2014, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines had a population of 231,057. It is part of the much larger Paris metropolitan area, and is around west of the centre of Paris.

Administrative divisions

The communauté d'agglomération is made up of 12 communes:
  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

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

Economy

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 is hosting 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:
Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:
International schools: