- Name of inhabitants: the Versailles
- Census Date: 1999
- Population: 85,726 inhabitants .
- Area: 2382 ha
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- Origin of name: The name Versailles comes from the Latin Versar, "return", and by extension, "plowed fields, cleared."
- Coat: The coat of arms Versailles is assigned by its General Assembly September 15, 1789. It has a two-headed rooster, which symbolizes the double duty of the municipality and the Guard to the king and the city.
family stately Versailles goes out before the end of the fifteenth century. After Lomenie then belonged to the Gondi, the manor was bought by King Louis XIII.
Versailles was then a village, with its ancient manor and church dedicated to St. Julien. Upon his accession to power, Louis XIV began to expand its domain and the castle built by his father, and develop a royal city. On a rational and systematic districts are created: the New Town, Old Versailles, Parc aux Cerfs. During the reign of Louis XVI, the town expanded with the incorporation of the suburb of Montreuil and the subdivision of the district Meadows, the first municipality is elected. Seat of political power since 1682, Versailles is the cradle of the Revolution in 1789. See
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Heritage View of Versailles: Versailles Conservatory
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