Corbeil-Essonnes

Corbeil-Essonnes
region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Evry
Canton	Corbeil-Essonnes (main town)
Community association	Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart
Coordinates	48 ° 37 ′ N , 2 ° 28 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ N , 2 ° 28 ′ E
height	32-92 m
surface	11.01 km 2
Residents	51,292 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	4,659 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	91100
INSEE code	91174
Website	www.corbeil-essonnes.com
	; town hall

Corbeil-Essonnes is a French commune with 51,292 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Essonne department and the Île-de-France region . The place belongs to the arrondissement Évry and is the capital of the canton Corbeil-Essonnes . The city lies on the banks of the Seine and the Essonne , which flows into the Seine here. The city's population is traditionally characterized by the industrial workforce , more recently also by a high proportion of immigrants from Portugal , Turkey , Algeria and Sub-Saharan Africa . Left parties ( PS , PCF ) dominate politically, but the mayor of the municipality is provided by the conservative UMP ; for many years this was the media entrepreneur Serge Dassault , and since 2006 Jean-Pierre Bechter .

history

In the Middle Ages , Corbeil was a popular place to stay for the royal family. The Treaty of Corbeil , which was signed here in 1258, testifies to this .
The French Queen Ingeborg (1175-1236) was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-sur-l'Isle near Corbeil.
The French name corbillard is derived from the name of the city of Corbeil. In the Middle Ages, Paris was supplied with food from the port of Corbeil with flat ships called corbeillards . During the Great Plague , the bodies were evacuated from the city in these very same boats, the name of which has since become synonymous with a hearse.
In 1800 Corbeil became a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Oise department .
September 17, 1840: Corbeil is connected to Paris by a railway line . A sizable industry soon developed.
1951: Corbeil is merged with Essonnes, the neighboring town. The new city is called Corbeil-Essonnes.
1966: The city loses its sub-prefecture status, although the administrative offices remain. The prefecture of Essonne is temporarily housed in Corbeil-Essonnes, but moved to Évry in 1971 .

economy

In Corbeil there have been tanneries , a rolling mill and grain mills ( Grands moulins de Corbeil ) for the food supply of Paris since the Middle Ages .
The Decauville company had its heyday in sugar beet processing starting in 1875, especially during the First World War .
Today a factory of the semiconductor manufacturer X-FAB (formerly Altis Semiconductor) is also located there.

Attractions

Saint-Spire Cathedral (957-15th centuries), built to house the relics of Exuperius of Bayeux . It has been a monument historique since 1840.
The old powder mill , mentioned in 1628 due to an explosion; another explosion on July 5, 1745 killed 40 people. The powder mill closed in 1822, the buildings were converted into spinning mills , then into grain and cocoa mills. Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier worked in this powder mill , and in 1775 he was appointed inspector of the gunpowder factories, Comité des Poudres et Salpêtres . Further worked Eleuthère Irenee du Pont , who later in the United States, the company DuPont , founded as a chemical technician for Lavoisier.
Market hall , built in 1893

Town twinning

Personalities

Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) lived in a rented house near the Grands Moulins from 1873 to 1907. He lived here with five of his friends, the Valette, in a community called Phalanstère de Corbeil . The lease was terminated as a result of rifle shots fired by Alfred Jarry.
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846–1904), bought the residence Castel Joli on the banks of the Seine in 1899 . He lived here until his death in 1904.
Félicien Rops (1833–1898), painter and illustrator, spent the last 15 years of his life here.
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), writer, student of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and forerunner of Romanticism , famous above all for his novel Paul et Virginie (1787), lived for some time in Essonnes.
Bruno Mathieu (* 1958) organist and composer, titular organist of the cathedral.
Frank Braley (* 1968), internationally renowned pianist and chamber musician, was born in Corbeil-Essonnes.
Malik Rumeau (* 1977), scriptwriter and dramaturge, was born in Corbeil-Essonnes.

Louis Gilavert (* 1998), track and field athlete

PNL , hip-hop duo from the problem area of Les Tarterêts.

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 189-203.

Web links

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