Courcouronnes
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| local community | Evry-Courcouronnes | |
| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Evry | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 37 ' N , 2 ° 25' E | |
| Post Code | 91080 | |
| Former INSEE code | 91182 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | www.courcouronnes.fr | |
 Mairie of Courcouronnes |
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Courcouronnes is a town and a former French commune with 13,490 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . It belonged to the Arrondissement Evry and Canton Evry . The inhabitants are called Courcouronnais .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Évry and Courcouronnes were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Évry-Courcouronnes and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are located in Évry.
geography
Courcouronnes is located in the Hurepoix landscape . In the north the town is bounded by Ris-Orangis , in the northeast and east by Evry , in the southeast and south by Lisses and in the west and southwest Bondoufle .
history
Courcouronnes has been proven to exist as early as the 10th century. The relics of the Breton Saint Gwenaël were kept here. In 1191 the first church was built near the road to Versailles .
With the establishment of the planned town of Évry in the 1960s, there was also a delay in a surge of residents in Courcouronnes. The place also gained importance with the establishment of Arianespace .
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
| Residents | 179 | 4,309 | 5,071 | 13,262 | 13,954 | 14,406 | 13,696 | 13,490 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Évry-Courcouronnes
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge church
- Saint-Guénault church
- Parc et Dame du Lac
Personalities
- Maxime Brunerie (* 1977), assassin
- Ismaël Omar Mostefaï (1985-2015), terrorist
- Fatimatou Sacko (* 1985), basketball player
- Medhi Benatia (* 1987), French-Moroccan football player (defender)
- Yohann Thuram (* 1988), football player (goalkeeper)
- Sarah Michel (* 1989), basketball player
- Caroline Espiau (* 1992), ski jumper
- Grâce Zaadi (* 1993), handball player
Community partnerships
Courcouronnes has had a partnership with the town of Bikele in Gabon since 2010 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, Volume 1, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 376–378.
