Versailles is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 17.1 km. (10.6 miles) from the center of Paris, is the capital of the Yvelines département.

FACTS AND FIGURES

• Population: 86,000
• formerly the de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center
• The name of Versailles appears for the first time in a medieval document dated AD 1038
• The centre of the town has kept its very bourgeois atmosphere, while more middle-class neighborhoods have developed around the train stations and in the outskirts of the city

SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS

• Palace of Versailles
• Cathedral Saint Louis
• Temple of Love
• The Royal Opera