What is the best-known city in Yvelines?

Versailles, at 145,823, ahead of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (114,246).

What is the least-known city in Yvelines?

Villepreux, at 10,789. 42 cities of Yvelines are measured here.

Where does Versailles stand in France?

77 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Yvelines?

Versailles (145,823), Saint-Germain-en-Laye (114,246), Mantes-la-Jolie (98,841), Poissy (70,547), Rambouillet (68,575). The whole table is on this page.

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The best-known cities in Yvelines

Versailles is the best-known city in Yvelines, at 145,823, ahead of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (114,246) and Mantes-la-Jolie (98,841). At the other end, Villepreux is the least-known city, at 10,789.

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The 42 cities of Yvelines ranked on popularity
Rank	City	Popularity	Population
1	Versailles	145,823	84,095
2	Saint-Germain-en-Laye	114,246	45,931
3	Mantes-la-Jolie	98,841	43,526
4	Poissy	70,547	40,983
5	Rambouillet	68,575	27,724
6	Maisons-Laffitte	67,550	23,093
7	Conflans-Sainte-Honorine	53,624	36,958
8	Trappes	53,624	34,689
9	Le Vésinet	45,850	15,554
10	Chatou	41,670	30,598
11	Sartrouville	39,298	52,763
12	Montigny-le-Bretonneux	37,476	32,465
13	Houilles	34,958	33,983
14	Plaisir	34,345	31,811
15	Saint-Cyr-l'École	34,226	21,268
16	Vélizy-Villacoublay	30,970	23,011
17	Marly-le-Roi	28,961	16,756
18	Les Mureaux	28,554	34,632
19	Guyancourt	25,837	29,778
20	La Celle-Saint-Cloud	24,378	20,460
21	Triel-sur-Seine	23,141	12,206
22	Mantes-la-Ville	20,880	22,332
23	Verneuil-sur-Seine	20,661	16,280
24	Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt	20,190	30,689
25	Achères	19,850	22,241
26	Chanteloup-les-Vignes	19,111	10,861
27	Le Pecq	17,378	16,059
28	Viroflay	17,253	17,237
29	Élancourt	16,966	26,365
30	Carrières-sur-Seine	16,798	14,791
31	Aubergenville	16,591	12,723
32	Maurepas	16,124	20,629
33	Carrières-sous-Poissy	14,938	20,825
34	Montesson	14,406	14,549
35	Les Clayes-sous-Bois	14,205	16,804
36	Bois-d'Arcy	14,040	16,586
37	Croissy-sur-Seine	13,942	11,013
38	Andrésy	13,829	13,834
39	Limay	12,669	17,885
40	Voisins-le-Bretonneux	11,537	10,624
41	Fontenay-le-Fleury	11,523	13,680
42	Villepreux	10,789	11,931

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the best-known city in Yvelines?: Versailles, at 145,823, ahead of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (114,246).
What is the least-known city in Yvelines?: Villepreux, at 10,789. 42 cities of Yvelines are measured here.
Where does Versailles stand in France?: 77 of the 1,131 French cities measured on popularity. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Yvelines?: Versailles (145,823), Saint-Germain-en-Laye (114,246), Mantes-la-Jolie (98,841), Poissy (70,547), Rambouillet (68,575). The whole table is on this page.