Canton of Arpajon
| Canton of Arpajon | |
|---|---|
| region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement |
Étampes Palaiseau |
| main place | Arpajon |
| Residents | 61,995 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 593 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 104.53 km² |
| Communities | 16 |
| INSEE code | 9101 |
 Location of the canton of Arpajon in the Essonne department |
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The Canton Arpajon is a French administrative unit in the arrondissements Etampes and Palaiseau , in the department of Essonne and the region Ile-de-France ; its main town is Arpajon . Pascal Fournier ( PS ) has been a representative in the General Council of the Department since 2011 .
geography
The canton Arpajon is 104.53 km² in size and has 61,995 inhabitants ( as of 2017 ), which corresponds to a population density of 593 inhabitants per km². It is on average 93 meters above sea level , between 42 meters in Leuville-sur-Orge and 168 meters in Bruyères-le-Châtel .
Communities
Since the state-wide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the following 16 municipalities belong to the canton of Arpajon:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code | Arrondissement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arpajon | 10,378 | 2.40 | 4,324 | 91021 | 91290 | Palaiseau |
| Avrainville | 985 | 9.14 | 108 | 91041 | 91630 | Palaiseau |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon | 3,868 | 8.04 | 481 | 91085 | 91790 | Etampes |
| Bouray-sur-Juine | 2.184 | 7.23 | 302 | 91095 | 91850 | Etampes |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel | 3,302 | 12.90 | 256 | 91115 | 91680 | Palaiseau |
| Cheptainville | 2,055 | 7.15 | 287 | 91156 | 91630 | Palaiseau |
| Égly | 5,865 | 3.95 | 1,485 | 91207 | 91520 | Palaiseau |
| Guibeville | 707 | 2.61 | 271 | 91292 | 91630 | Palaiseau |
| Janville-sur-Juine | 1,962 | 10.67 | 184 | 91318 | 91510 | Etampes |
| La Norville | 4,097 | 4.52 | 906 | 91457 | 91290 | Palaiseau |
| Lardy | 5,526 | 7.63 | 724 | 91330 | 91510 | Etampes |
| Leuville-sur-Orge | 4,471 | 2.49 | 1,796 | 91333 | 91310 | Palaiseau |
| Ollainville | 4,722 | 11.33 | 417 | 91461 | 91340 | Palaiseau |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon | 10,707 | 6.31 | 1,697 | 91552 | 91180 | Palaiseau |
| Saint-Yon | 894 | 4.66 | 192 | 91581 | 91650 | Etampes |
| Torfou | 272 | 3.50 | 78 | 91619 | 91730 | Etampes |
| Canton of Arpajon | 61,995 | 104.53 | 593 | 9101 | - | - |
Until the reorganization, the canton of Arpajon consisted of the ten municipalities of Arpajon , Avrainville , Bruyères-le-Châtel , Cheptainville , Égly , Guibeville , Leuville-sur-Orge , La Norville , Ollainville and Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon . Its layout corresponded to an area of 62.80 km 2 .