Ballainvilliers
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau | |
| Canton | Longjumeau | |
| Community association | Paris-Saclay | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 60-106 m | |
| surface | 4.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,581 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,142 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91160 | |
| INSEE code | 91044 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-ballainvilliers.fr/ | |
 Ballainvilliers Town Hall |
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Ballainvilliers is a French municipality with 4581 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . Ballainvilliers is part of the Palaiseau arrondissement and the Longjumeau canton . The inhabitants are called Ballainvillois .
geography
The small river Rouillon flows through the village, which is about 21 kilometers southwest of Paris in the Hurepoix landscape , and flows into the Yvette a little further east . Ballainvilliers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Longjumeau in the north, Épinay-sur-Orge in the northeast, Villiers-sur-Orge in the east and southeast, Longpont-sur-Orge in the south, La Ville-du-Bois in the southwest and Saulx-les-Chartreux in the west and northwest.
Route nationale 20 runs along the western edge of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 890 | 935 | 1,589 | 2,218 | 2,531 | 2,749 | 3,589 | 3,779 |
Attractions
- Saint-Jacques-et-Saint-Philippe church from 1539, monument historique since 1984 , bell tower built in 1776 (monument historique since 1944)
- Ballainvilliers Castle with chapel, built in the 17th century by Antoine Matthieu Le Carpentier, today's cultural center of the municipality
Personalities
- Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau (1795–1867), anatomist, lived for several years at Ballainvilliers Castle
- Roger Houdet (1899–1987), resistance fighter and politician, Minister of Agriculture (1953–1955, 1958/59), died here
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the Basdorf district of the German municipality of Wandlitz in Brandenburg .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, Volume 2, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 973-976.
