Versailles
French city and commune in Yvelines, in Île-de-France
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Versailles is a commune of France[1]. Versailles ranks in the top 0.2% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,696 views/month, #63 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Concours des villes et villages fleuris[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yvelines[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Head of government: François de Mazières[6]
- Shares border with: Vélizy-Villacoublay[7], Ville-d'Avray[8], Marnes-la-Coquette[9], Guyancourt[10], Bailly[11], Buc[12], Jouy-en-Josas[13], Saint-Cyr-l'École[14], Viroflay[15], Vaucresson[16], Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Potsdam[18], Nara[19], Taipei[20], Giessen[21], Gyeongju[22]
- Postal code: 78000[23]
- Commons category: Versailles[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[25], UTC+02:00[26]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Versailles[27]
- Inception: 1624[28]
- Official website: https://www.versailles.fr/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Versailles[30]
- Commons gallery: Versailles[31]
- Population: 85,272[32], 85,771[33], 87,315[34], 85,862[35], 85,205[36], 84,808[37], 83,583[38], 83,587[39], 83,918[40], 84,095[41]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Versailles[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 1038[43]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Versailles[44]
- Phone number: +33-1-30-97-80-00[45]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[46], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[47], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[49]
- Capital of: Yvelines[50], arrondissement of Versailles[51], Seine-et-Oise[52], canton of Versailles-1[53], canton of Versailles-2[54], France[55]
- Official name: Versailles[56]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de Versailles[57]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Versailles[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Versailles include Versailles declaration[59], a declaration[60].
Why It Matters
Versailles has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Versailles is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Versailles include Versailles declaration[59], a declaration[60].