Versailles

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Versailles

Total population

83,587

Coordinates48.80°, 2.13°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

The Palace of Versailles is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of the city centre of Paris, in the Yvelines department of Île-de-France region in France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Massadio Haïdara

Malian-French footballer (born 1992)

Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt

French writer

Sophie Broustal

French actress

Alexandre Manceau

French playwright (1817-1865)

Barbara Cabrita

French-Portuguese actress

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Canardo

French rapper

Charles Colinet

engineer, promoter of trails in the forest of Fontainebleau and continuator of the work of Claude François Denecourt (1839-1905)

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Charles Géronimi

French association football player (1895-1918)

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Odile Bailleux

French organist and harpsichordist (1939–2024)

François André Michaux

French botanist (1770-1855)

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Georges Géronimi

French footballer (1892-1994)

Walid Mesloub

footballer

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Jacques Perret

French writer (1901-1992)

Joseph Okinczyc

French surgeon (1879–1952)

Linda Pradel

French handball player

Marc Giai-Miniet

French painter and engraver

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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