Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines

Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines
Town hall
Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines
Location within Île-de-France region Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Rambouillet
Intercommunality	Étangs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Ghibaudo
Area1	34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,438
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78562 / 78610
Elevation	112–186 m (367–610 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.

Site

The district of Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines is in the centre of the department and in the heart of the Forest of Rambouillet. Rambouillet itself, the administrative centre of the arrondissement, is some 11 km (6.8 mi) to the south-east, and the prefecture, Versailles, is 37 km (23 mi) to the north-east.

The district is a rural one, and 94% of the unbuilt area is covered by forest, complemented by some cultivated clearings, primarily to the south of the village.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE