Paray-Vieille-Poste

Paray-Vieille-Poste
region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Athis-Mons
Community association	Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre
Coordinates	48 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 22'  E
height	82-94 m
surface	6.14 km 2
Residents	7,457 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,214 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	91550
INSEE code	91479
Website	www.paray-vieille-poste.fr
The Paray-Vieille-Poste town hall

Paray-Vieille-Poste is a French municipality with 7457 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France .

geography

Paray-Vieille-Poste is located in the north of the Essonne department and belongs to the greater Paris area . The neighboring municipalities are Rungis , Orly , Villeneuve-le-Roi , Athis-Mons , Savigny-sur-Orge , Morangis and Wissous . The city is on the old Paris- Fontainebleau road . Paris-Orly Airport is to the north of the city .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1195 as the property of the abbeys of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Sainte-Geneviève.

In the 17th century there was a post office here , as the city was on the way from Paris to Fontainebleau. In 1859 the Auberge de la Vieille-Poste became a farm. The parish of Paray was founded in 1793, it was not until 1923 that it was given the nickname vielle-poste ( old post ).

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2016
Residents	6202	67395	7670	7122	7214	7188	7179	7411

Attractions

See: List of Monuments historiques in Paray-Vieille-Poste

Twin cities

• Kruft in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, since 1967; From September 21 to 23, 2012 the 45th anniversary of the partnership was celebrated.
• Péruwelz in Wallonia, Belgium, since 1986

coat of arms

Blazon : “Under a red shield head, inside a golden horn on a black ribbon, divided by blue and gold, in front a black shield, inside three silver balls (2: 1), accompanied by three (2: 1) golden heraldic lilies, behind a red sloping bar with three silver crescent moons inside . ”- In addition to the large city coat of arms:“ On the edge of the shield there is a vaulted golden, black jointed, tinned wall crown with three gate towers with black portals, front, center and rear, all framed by two natural oak leaves. "

Declaration of the coat of arms: The horn symbolizes a post horn to announce the stagecoach, especially in the 19th century, the front division represents the coat of arms of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés , whose property the place was from the 12th century, the rear one Coat of arms of Noël de Jourda , Count of Vaux and Marshal of France 1783, whose family had ruled Paray since around the 16th century.

traffic

The N7 route , known here as Avenue François Mitterrand, runs through Paray-Vieille-Poste . The A6 autoroute runs a few kilometers to the west . The city borders Paris-Orly Airport to the north. There are bus routes from the Athis municipal utilities , the RATP , and the Paris night buses .

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 79-81.

Web links

Commons : Paray-Vieille-Poste  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the City (French) ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.