Morsang-sur-Orge
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Evry | |
| Canton | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Essonne agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 21 ′ E | |
| height | 36-81 m | |
| surface | 4.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 20,909 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4,763 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91390 | |
| INSEE code | 91434 | |
| Website | www.ville-morsang.fr/ | |
 Mairie of Morsang-sur-Orge |
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Morsang-sur-Orge is a French municipality with 20,909 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . The municipality is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois .
geography
Morsang-sur-Orge is located 21.5 kilometers south of Paris and about 7.5 kilometers south-southwest of Paris-Orly Airport. In the north of the municipality the Orge flows towards the confluence with the Yvette . Below the course of the river Orge lies the Bassin du Morsang , which is also used as a rainwater retention basin.
In the north-west lies the municipality of Villemoisson-sur-Orge , in the north Savigny-sur-Orge , east Viry-Châtillon , in the south-west Fleury-Mérogis and in the south and south-west Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois .
traffic
The A6 autoroute runs through the municipality from Paris to Lyon.
history
At the end of the 10th century in the time of Hugo Capets , the village was first mentioned as Murcinctus as the property of the Abbey of Saint Mangloire, and in the 12th century as Murcenc . The Saint-Jean church was built from the 13th century.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Morsang-sur-Orge
- Castle, monument historique since 1979
Personalities
- Jacques de Vassan (around 1600–1636), nobleman
- Louis Bénigne François Berthier de Sauvigny (1737–1789), President of the Parliament of Paris, Lord of Morsang-sur-Orge
- Louis Gustave Vapereau (1819–1906), writer and encyclopaedist
- Albert Divo (1895–1966), racing car driver
- György Cziffra (1921-1994), pianist
- Michel Pollien (1937–2013), bishop
- Alain Chabat (* 1958), director and screenwriter
- Bruno-Pascal Chevalier (1963-2012), activist
- Virginie Mendes (* 1981), soccer player
- Ladji Doucouré (* 1983), athlete (110 m hurdles)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 823-828.
