Villepreux

Villepreux
Town hall
Location of Villepreux
Villepreux
Villepreux
Coordinates: 48°49′51″N 2°00′11″E / 48.8308°N 2.0031°E / 48.8308; 2.0031
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementVersailles
CantonSaint-Cyr-l'École
IntercommunalitySaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Baptiste Hamonic
Area
1
10.40 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
11,568
  Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78674 /78450
Elevation82–155 m (269–509 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villepreux (French: [vilpʁø] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France located about 12 km west of Versailles, in the plaine de Versailles, almost in line with the perspective of the Grand Canal (an axis corresponding to the former Allée royale de Villepreux).