Athis-Mons
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau | |
| Canton | Athis-Mons | |
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Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ' N , 2 ° 23' E | |
| height | 32-92 m | |
| surface | 8.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 34,347 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4,013 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91200 | |
| INSEE code | 91027 | |
 View in south direction: in front of a commercial zone at the airport, along the Seine the long settlement area of Mons-Athis, in the background on the left the satellite towns of Vigneux-sur-Seine and Draveil |
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Athis-Mons is a French city with 34,347 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Palaiseau and is part of the municipal associations Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre .
geography
The city of Athis-Mons is located 15 kilometers south of Paris city center and is therefore part of the very densely populated Paris region. In Athis-Mons the Orge joins the Seine on the left . Topographically, the municipality can be divided into three sections: the valley of the Seine ( le Val de Seine , 32 to 35 m above sea level), the slopes ( le Coteau , 35 to 80 m above sea level) and the plateau (80 to 92 m above sea level), which takes up two thirds of the municipality's area of 8.56 km². In the north, the municipality has a share in Paris-Orly Airport with supply facilities such as a tank farm, a control center and maintenance hangars.
The urban area of Mons-Athis is divided into five districts (quartiers):
- Le Center ville
- Mons / Plaine-Basse
- Le Val
- Le plateau
- Le Noyer Renard
Neighboring municipalities of Athis-Mons are Villeneuve-le-Roi in the north, Ablon-sur-Seine in the northeast, Vigneux-sur-Seine in the east, Draveil in the southeast, Juvisy-sur-Orge in the south, Savigny-sur-Orge in the southwest as well Paray-Vieille-Poste to the west.
history
The name Athis-Mons originated from the merger of Athis and Mons-sur-Orge on August 6, 1817. Athis is derived from the Gallic word attegia ( = hut ), Mons comes from the Latin term Mont ( = mountain, hill ).
At the time of the Norman invasions in the second half of the 9th century, the Latin Attégia appeared for the first time and referred to the huts built from branches on the slopes of the Seine. In the tenth century, the village of Mons-sur-Orge was first mentioned in a document in which the monastery of Saint-Magloire in Paris was confirmed by King Hugo Capet and his son Robert II that they owned lands around Mons. This document also speaks of a “productive vineyard”.
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In 1140, the royal Parisian Abbey of Saint-Victor founded the Church of Saint-Denis in Athis, whose preserved tower is still a landmark of the city today.
In 1305 Athis went down in French history. On June 23, the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge was signed here , a peace paper between France and Flanders after the battle of Mons-en-Pévèle . Contract partners were King Philip the Handsome and Count Robert III. of Flanders . As a result, although Flemish independence was recognized, the cities of Lille , Douai and Béthune passed into French ownership.
The village remained rural for a long time. Agriculture was practiced on the plateau, and the slopes of the Seine and the Oranges were planted with vines. There were farms, barns, a lavoir and a few wells in the village. The calm despite the close proximity to the city of Paris attracted nobles, officers, artists and scientists.
Among them were the founding member of the Académie française Valentin Conrart , the first French professor of experimental physics Abbé Nollet, and Baron Corvisart , Napoleon's personal physician . Today's town hall ( Hôtel de ville ) was once the residence of Baron Courcel, the French ambassador in Berlin, who also received Bismarck here .
In 1841 the construction of the railway lines from Paris via Orléans to the south and from Paris via Lyon to Marseille began, which began in the Seine valley. The construction of the freight station, which extends south to Juvisy-sur-Orge, lasted until 1864, the passenger station was not completed until 1884. Due to the railway connection, residents from Paris settled in a quarter built for this purpose in 1891 ( le cottage ).
During the industrialization and rural exodus, the number of inhabitants in the Parisian suburbs rose rapidly. The population of Athis-Mons grew from 1,600 in 1898 to over 10,000 in 1939. The agriculturally usable areas gradually disappeared in favor of new working-class quarters on the plateau, and well-heeled Parisians found summer resorts on the slopes of the Seine.
The development of the expansion was interrupted by the Great Depression and the Second World War. In an Allied air raid on April 18, 1944 on the railway stations of Athis-Mons and Juvisy-sur-Orge, 355 civilians were killed in both cities. Entire neighborhoods were uninhabitable, 800 buildings in Mons-Athis alone.
The reconstruction of the destroyed neighborhoods took place mainly between 1958 and 1962. At that time 1,450 apartments were built in a standardized construction, into which mainly civil servants and Algerian returnees moved.
During the riots in France in 2005 , riots broke out in Mons-Athis.
Plans have been underway since 2010 to redesign the entire Noyer Renard district in collaboration with the Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine (ANRU), the national agency for urban renewal .
Population development
In the 1970s a population of 30,000 was reached, which has remained relatively constant since then. It is no longer possible to expand the city in width, the built-up area has long since reached the city limits, where it merges seamlessly into the settlement area of the neighboring towns. In the north there are limits to the development due to the airport area, in the inner city there is hardly any building space available. Only two green strips, each one kilometer long and about 200 m wide, remained on the steep slopes of the Orge.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 24.004 | 27,638 | 30,735 | 28,494 | 29,121 | 29,400 | 30,462 | 34,347 | |
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Attractions
A Concorde is on display in the north-west of the city on the border with the airport , which can also be viewed from the inside on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It belongs to the complex of a museum that exhibits various exhibits on the topic of delta wing .
Buildings
- Saint-Denis church from the 12th century, monument historique
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Voie church
- Sainte-Geneviève church
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Air chapel
- mosque
- Beth Gabriel Synagogue
- Athis Castle ( Château d'Athis ) from the 17th century, today part of the school complex Groupe scolaire Saint-Charles d'Athis-Mons , Monument historique
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Voie church
- 18th century wash house in Mons
Sainte-Geneviève
Notre-Dame-de-l'Air
Notre-Dame-de-la-Voie
mosque
Town twinning
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Germany, since 1976
- Sora , Italy, since 1992
- Sinaia , Romania, since 1994
- Ballina , Ireland, County Mayo , since 1993
- Filingué , Niger, since 1997
Economy and Infrastructure
Despite the many commuters who work in Paris, Athis-Mons is not a dormitory city . The largest employer is Paris-Orly Airport, just north of the city. In addition, numerous medium-sized industrial and service companies in the urban area offer job opportunities. The city has two designated industrial areas: les Guyards in the north and Édouard Vaillant in the southeast near the train station.
Transport links
Athis-Mons is connected to downtown Paris via line C of the Réseau express régional d'Île-de-France (RER) rapid transit network. The line 7 of the Paris tram connects the southernmost point of the Paris Metro, Villejuif - Louis Aragon , the Paris-Orly and Athis-Mons (since November 2013).
For private transport, the D5 / D117 is the most important connection to and from Athis-Mons. The road connects the Périphérique de l'Ile-de-France ( A86 ) with the south-leading Paris-Lyon ( A6 ) motorway in an arc around Orly Airport .
education
Athis-Mons is home to three grammar schools, several state and private elementary schools and numerous kindergartens.
Sports
The town of Athis-Mons has numerous sports facilities. These include the Center Aquatique with three swimming pools, tennis courts, an athletics track, a bowling alley, two soccer fields, a basketball field, an archery range and two rugby courts. The construction of a new rugby stadium is one of the city's larger construction projects.
Personalities
- Nicolas-Roland Payen (1914–2004), aviation pioneer and inventor of the delta wing
- Jacques Vidal (* 1949), jazz musician
- Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (* 1951), politician, Mayor of Mons-Athis from 1989 to 2001
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, Volume 1, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 75-79.
supporting documents
- ↑ History section from L'histoire d'Athis-Mons on mairie-athis-mons.fr. Retrieved August 25, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Entries on aerosteles.net. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 25, 2011 (French). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Major projects at mairie-athis-mons.fr/cadre-de-vie/urbanisme. Retrieved August 25, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Athis-Mons on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Athis-Mons on insee.fr
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved August 25, 2011 (French).
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved August 25, 2011 (French).
- ↑ New construction of the rugby stadium at mairie-athis-mons.fr/cadre-de-vie/urbanisme. Retrieved August 25, 2011 (French).
