Versailles, Yvelines (fra)

Versailles, Yvelines

Versailles, Yvelines ranks 365th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mostar, Ferrara, and Siena. Memorable people born in Versailles, Yvelines include Ferdinand de Lesseps, Jean-François Lyotard, and Louis-Alexandre Berthier. Memorable people who died in Versailles, Yvelines include Madame de Pompadour, François Quesnay, and Marie Leszczyńska. Versailles, Yvelines has been the birth place of many politicians and military personnels and the death place of many politicians and writers. Versailles, Yvelines is located in France.

Versailles is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Located in the western suburbs of the French capital, 17.1 km (10.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, Versailles is a wealthy suburb of Paris with a service-based economy and is a major tourist destination. According to the 2017 census, the population of the city is 85,862 inhabitants, down from a peak of 94,145 in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia