Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines

Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines
Commune
Town hall
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Coordinates: 48°43′20″N 1°45′59″E / 48.7222°N 1.7664°E / 48.7222; 1.7664Coordinates: 48°43′20″N 1°45′59″E / 48.7222°N 1.7664°E / 48.7222; 1.7664
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Rambouillet
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Ghibaudo[1]
Area 1	34.52 km2 (13.33 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,385
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe ɑ̃.n‿ivlin] (listen)) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.

Geography[]

The commune 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 commune 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[]

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