Cheptainville

Cheptainville
region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Arpajon
Community association	Cœur d'Essonne agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 33 ' N , 2 ° 16' E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' N , 2 ° 16' E
height	77-152 m
surface	7.15 km 2
Residents	2,055 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	287 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	91630
INSEE code	91156
Website	http://www.cheptainville.fr/

Cheptainville is a French commune with 2,055 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Palaiseau and the Canton of Arpajon . The inhabitants are called Cheptainvillois .

geography

Cheptainville is located about 34 kilometers south of Paris in the Hurepoix countryside . Cheptainville is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Guibeville in the north, Marolles-en-Hurepoix in the northeast, Saint-Vrain in the east, Lardy in the south and Avrainville in the west.

	Blazon : “The grape is reminiscent of the former viticulture in the village, the spring of the writer Pierre Dupont (1821–1870), who lived in Cheptainville from 1848 to 1852. The sword alludes to St. Martin , the patronsaint ofthe parish church. The wheat bundle symbolizes agriculture and the oak branch symbolizes the local forest. "