Gif-sur-Yvette
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau | |
| Canton | Gif-sur-Yvette (main town) | |
| Community association | Paris-Saclay | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 42 ' N , 2 ° 8' E | |
| height | 57-172 m | |
| surface | 11.60 km 2 | |
| Residents | 21,379 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,843 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91190 | |
| INSEE code | 91272 | |
| Website | www.mairie-gif.fr | |
Gif-sur-Yvette is a French city with 21,379 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) about 30 km south-west Paris in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France .
geography
Gif-sur-Yvette is located 20 kilometers southeast of the metropolitan area of Paris, on the banks of the Yvette River , rather rural, and belongs to the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park .
history
A Celtic settlement from the 6th century was excavated in 2006 by archaeologists from the state research institute INRAP (Institut national de recherches archéologiques). The remains of fifteen houses as well as workshops and garbage pits were found in which jewelry and ceramics were found. The number of residents is estimated at around one hundred people.
The Duke of Windsor and later King of Britain had an estate in Moulin de la Tuilerie . The garden was designed by Russell Page .
| Choice year | Surname | position |
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| 2001 | Michel Bournat | Mayor, conseiller général |
| 1959 | Robert Trimbach | mayor |
| 1955 | Edouard Desor | Mayor, teacher, commandeur des Palmes académiques |
| 1947 | Arthur Levasseur | mayor |
| 1944 | Léon Joubert | Mayor, President of the Liberation Committee |
| 1935 | Arthur Levasseur | mayor |
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Gif-sur-Yvette
Town twinning
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Olpe in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since July 28, 2001
Personalities
- Juliette Adam (nee Lambert) (1836–1936), French writer, polemicist, republican salonnière and women's rights activist, bought the estate of the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val de Gif in August 1882 to set up an annex of her Parisian salon
- Fernand Léger (1881–1955), French painter, had a studio in Gif-sur-Yvette and died here
education
traffic
Rapid transit:
- Connection to the east and south of the local public transport network of Paris by the Réseau Express Régional (RER)
line: RER B
Street:
- Motorway: The two A10 and A86 are nearby
- National road: RN 118
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 449-455.
Web links
- Gif-sur-Yvette at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)