Essonne department

Essonne
region	Île-de-France
prefecture	Evry
Sub-prefecture (s)	Étampes Palaiseau
Residents	1,296,130 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	718 inhabitants per km²
surface	1,804.40 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	14th
Cantons	21st
Communities	194
President of the Department Council	François Durovray
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-91
Location of the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France

The de l'Essonne [ ɛsɔn ] is the French department with the atomic number 91. It is in the Region Ile-de-France in the Greater Paris and is named after the river Essonne named.

geography

The department of Essonne borders in the north with the departments Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne , in the east with the department Seine-et-Marne , in the south with the department Loiret , in the southwest with the department Eure-et-Loir as well in the northwest to the Yvelines department .

The north of the department belongs to the Paris agglomeration and is heavily urbanized. The south has retained a more rural character. The Seine flows through the département in the northeast, the eponymous Essonne reaches the département from the south and flows into the Seine in Corbeil-Essonnes . The southeast of the department is part of the Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park .

history

The Essonne department was formed on January 1, 1968 on the basis of the law of July 10, 1964 on the reorganization of the departments in the region around Paris from the southern part of the old department of Seine-et-Oise .

In 1969 the municipalities of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from the Essonne department and joined to the Yvelines department .

After the establishment of the department, the city of Corbeil-Essonnes , a former sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Oise department , was the provisional seat of the prefecture of the department until the building of the new prefecture in Évry was completed.

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Essonne department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Evry-Courcouronnes	67,967	Evry
Corbeil-Essonnes	51.292
Massy	50,833	Palaiseau
Savigny-sur-Orge	36,533
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois	36.207
Palaiseau	35,514
Athis-Mons	34,347
Viry-Châtillon	31.093	Evry
Vigneux-sur-Seine	31,574
Draveil	28,833

Another important place is Étampes , the administrative seat of the arrondissement of the same name.

Administrative division

The Essonne department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 21 cantons and 194 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Essonne department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Etampes	4th	75	131.085	851.41	154	911
Evry	10	51	538.418	468.99	1,148	912
Palaiseau	12	68	626.627	484.00	1,295	913
Essonne department	21st	194	1,296,130	1,804.40	718	91

See also:

• List of communes in the Essonne department
• List of cantons in the Essonne department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Essonne department

tourism

Sights in the Essonne department include:

• Angerville (Dommerville Castle)
• Ballancourt-sur-Essonne (Saussay Castle)
• Chamarande ( Chamarande Castle, 17th century)
• Congerville-Thionville the dolmen le Grès de Linas
• Courson-Monteloup (domain and castle of Courson, 17th century)
• Courances ( Courances Castle , 17th century)
• Dourdan (ruins of Dourdan Castle , 13th century)
• Étampes (castle ruins)
• Evry (cathedral)
• Méréville (market hall, 16th century; castle and park, 18th century)
• Milly-la-Forêt (Chapel of St. Blaise 12th century)
• Montlhéry (keep, 11th century)
• Saint-Chéron (Marais Castle, 18th century)
• Les Ulis (Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard Castle, 17th century)

Web links

Commons : Essonne Department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Essonne department (French)
• Prefecture of the Essonne department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ essonne.fr ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 2, 2015.  

Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '  N , 2 ° 26'  E