Les Granges-le-Roi
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Etampes | |
| Canton | Dourdan | |
| Community association | Dourdannais en Hurepoix | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 30 ' N , 2 ° 1' E | |
| height | 97-158 m | |
| surface | 12.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,198 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 94 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91410 | |
| INSEE code | 91284 | |
| Website | www.mairielesgrangesleroi.com | |
Les Granges-le-Roi is a municipality in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France in France . It has 1,198 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Les Granges-le-Roi belongs to the Arrondissement of Étampes and the Canton of Dourdan . The inhabitants are called Grangeois .
geography
Les Granges-le-Roi is located about 45 kilometers southwest of central Paris . Les Granges-le-Roi is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Dourdan in the north and northwest, Roinville in the east and northeast, La Forêt-le-Roi in the southeast, Richarville in the south and Corbreuse in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 366 | 374 | 575 | 762 | 846 | 873 | 949 | 1,154 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Les Granges-le-Roi
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Ouÿe monastery, founded in 1163 as a Grammontens monastery, Benedictine monastery from 1774 to 1792, Ursuline monastery from 1945 to 2012, since 2015 conversion to the youth center of the Catholic diocese of Paris (opening January 2017)
- Saint-Léonard church, built around 1150, today's construction largely passed down from the 13th, 15th and 17th centuries
- Lime kiln
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 228-231.
Web links
Commons : Les Granges-le-Roi - collection of images, videos and audio files
