Arpajon
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau | |
| Canton | Arpajon (main town) | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Essonne agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 35 ' N , 2 ° 15' E | |
| height | 47-89 m | |
| surface | 2.40 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,378 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4,324 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91290 | |
| INSEE code | 91021 | |
| Website | http://www.arpajon91.fr | |
Arpajon ( dt. : [ Aʁ.pa.ʒɔ ]) is a French municipality with 10,378 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) that about thirty kilometers southwest of Paris in the Paris area within the department of Essonne and the region Ile-de-France lies. The place belongs to the arrondissement Palaiseau and is the administrative seat of the canton Arpajon .
geography
Arpajon is very centrally located within the Essonne department. The municipal area covers 2.4 km² and is still very urban due to its proximity to the capital Paris. To the south, however, there are also rural characteristics.
The Orge , which belongs to the Seine river system, flows through the city center in a west-east direction , and its tributary Rémarde also flows here . A little to the south, the city is cut up by the railway line, and on its western edge by the motorway- like RN 20. The terrain rises slightly through the river inlet to the north to the Limas Hill and south to the Plateau d'Avrainville . Arpajon belongs to the Beauce region . This is a limestone plain covered with a fertile clay blanket and without trees or bushes .
history
Already in Roman times there was a fortress to secure the passage of the Orge. The name of the city at that time "Chastres" comes from this historical period, later by phonetic change "Châtres". Around 675, the later Bishop Korbinian von Freising was born near Arpajon . The date of the city's development is not known, but there is talk of the siege of "the city" by the Anglo-Saxons in 1360. The rulers of Marcoussis have claimed ownership of this area since 1470 , and the city is free again from 1545. From 1518 onwards, Francis I built a country estate, Chanteloup , with a large garden near the city , but nothing has survived today.
In 1720 Louis d'Arpajon , who belonged to the large Rouergue family and was lieutenant general in the royal army, bought this margravate . He also got the right to give the city his name. Since then she has been called Arpajon. The margrave and his son-in-law Philippe de Noailles lived in the castle in the city center. The feudal way of life was abruptly ended: Philippe de Noailles and his wife Anne-Claude d'Arpajon were during the Revolution by guillotine executed; Today only the foundation walls of the castle remain, it was destroyed in 1802.
Around 1851 the Martin brothers from Limoges founded a shoe factory that employed 450 adults and 50 children in 1900. In the years 1865 to 1867 the Brétigny - Tours railway line was built and Arpajon received a train station. At the beginning of the 20th century, the population grew particularly rapidly - also in the neighboring communities of Marcoussis, Linas and Montlhéry. Between 1911 and 1936, a 32 km long small train , called l'Arpajonnais , ran to the Quartier des Halles in Paris to deliver fresh produce from the country to the market halls.
In the first half of August 1944, German Bf 109Gs of Group I of Jagdgeschwader 5 (I./JG 5) were lying on an airfield near Arpajon.
church
The city is under the patronage of St. Clemens , to whom the church is dedicated . It stands in the tradition of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Clemens, which was founded in 1006. Built from gray limestone interspersed with red grain, with three aisles in the complex, it was fundamentally renovated for the first time in 1510. In the 19th century, the Gothic facade fell victim to the new architectural style. In 1995 a drainage system was finally laid around the building . Several gravestone slabs were found, which were then brought inside the church. One of them contained an inscription with the date of death of Pierre de Chastres from 1317. Louis d'Arpajon's tomb slab contains an extensive inscription with his deeds of glory during the war. He died on August 21, 1736 and is buried in the choir of the church.
The old bell tower (also from 1006) is particularly worth seeing.
More Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Arpajon
- Market hall ( Monument historique )
- House No. 12, place du Marché (Monument historique)
- Wash house from the 18th century
Public facilities
In addition to the train station mentioned above, Arpajon has a police station, a post office, a branch of the tax office, but no jurisdiction.
schools
- three high schools
- Lycée Edmond Michelet with a natural science and modern language branch
- Lycée Général Technologique René Cassin
- Lycée Professionnel Paul Belmondo
- three primary and secondary schools
- private primary school
- Conservatory of Music
Healthcare
- Municipal Hospital Center Hospitalier d'Arpajon
- Clinique des Charmilles private clinic
- a Guinchard retirement home
- various general practitioners and specialists as well as dentists, pharmacies, etc.
Culture
There is a film studio in town. The center has also been the location of several films. Arpajon maintains the film with a private cinema that has five halls and is subsidized. There is also a city library.
Worth seeing is the 35 meter long and 18 meter wide covered market of 1470, which since 1921 (listed historique monument stands). It is still used as a market hall.
Town twinning
Since 1991 there has been a partnership with the German city of Freising in Bavaria, 700 km away .
Personalities
- Korbinian (* around 680; † around 730), born near Arpajon, founder of the Diocese of Freising
- Emmanuel Collard (* 1971), racing car driver, born in Arpajon
- Sébastien Hamel (* 1975), former French soccer goalkeeper, born in Arapajon
- Koumba Larroque (* 1998), wrestler
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, 2 volumes, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 37–49.
Web links
- Arpajon at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthew Dejean: German travelers lost in translation. ; arvels and fame of Chanteloup gardens through the German eye . In: Die Gartenkunst 24 (2/2012), pp. 153–168.