The 4 arrondissements of the Yvelines department are:[1] In 1800 the arrondissements of Versailles and Mantes were established as part of the department Seine-et-Oise.
The arrondissement of Rambouillet was created in 1812.
The arrondissement of Mantes was disbanded in 1926, and restored in 1943.
[2] In 1968 the department Seine-et-Oise was disbanded, and the arrondissements of Versailles, Mantes-la-Jolie, Rambouillet and Saint-Germain-en-Laye became part of the new department Yvelines.
[3] The borders of the arrondissements of Yvelines were modified in January 2017:[4]