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 château and historic monument in Versailles in the Yvelines department of France, southwest of Paris. It served as the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Gaston Moch

French Esperantist and artillery officer (1859–1935)

Colette Deréal

French singer (1927-1988)

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Sylvain Monsoreau

French football player

Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt

French writer

Charles Colinet

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

François André Michaux

French botanist (1770-1855)

Jean Saint-Fort Paillard

French military officer and equestrian

Frédéric Gros

French philosopher (born 1965)

Georges Lemaire

French sculptor (1853–1914)

Henry de La Falaise

American film director (1898-1972)

Hugues Royer

French journalist (1965–2017)

Maurice Vaucaire

French poet (1863–1918)

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Paul-Marie Leroy

French engineer

V

Vincent Charlemagne Pluchet

French politician (1774-1837)

É

Éric Mura

French footballer

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Élie Ehua

French footballer

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

Nearby places in Île-de-France

• Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
  1.8 mi away · pop. 31,057
• Vaucresson
  2.8 mi away · pop. 8,566
• Les Loges-en-Josas
  2.8 mi away · pop. 1,646
• Bailly
  3.2 mi away · pop. 3,650
• Jouy-en-Josas
  3.3 mi away · pop. 7,928
• Toussus-le-Noble
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,157
• Bougival
  4.2 mi away · pop. 9,031
• Bois-d'Arcy
  4.7 mi away · pop. 15,435
• Bièvres
  5.3 mi away · pop. 4,748
• Villiers-le-Bâcle
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,097
• Vauhallan
  6 mi away · pop. 2,066
• Igny
  6.2 mi away · pop. 10,213

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Versailles

Ile-de-France, Versailles, Fontainebleau

Pneu Michelin (Firm)

Ile-de-France

Michelin · 1995

Versailles und die Königsschlösser der Ile-De-France

Janine & Pierre Soisson · 1983

Mandement de M. l'Évêque de Versailles

Louis Charrier de la Roche · 1805

Parigi

Touring club italiano · 1997

La révolution en Ile-De-France

Colloque de la Fédération des Sociétes Historiques et Archéologiques (6 22-23 avril, 1989 Versailles) · 1990

L'épopée d'une famille

Philippe Delavierre · 2014

Au pre sident du Conseil des cinq-cents, les pre sident et secre taire de l'Institut national

L. Langle s · 1797

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-27

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-27

Common Geranium-bronze

Cacyreus marshalli

Seen 2026-09-27

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Mallow

Malva sylvestris

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-26

Adanson's House Jumper

Hasarius adansoni

Seen 2026-09-26

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-26

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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