Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon

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Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Coat of arms of Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (France)
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Palaiseau
Canton Arpajon
Community association Cœur d'Essonne agglomeration
Coordinates 48 ° 36 '  N , 2 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '  N , 2 ° 15'  E
height 42-101 m
surface 6.31 km 2
Residents 10,707 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,697 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 91180
INSEE code
Website http://www.ville-saint-germain-les-arpajon.fr/

Hôtel de Ville and Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church

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Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon is a French commune with 10,707 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region . It is located in the Arrondissement of Palaiseau and the canton of Arpajon . The inhabitants are called Germinois .

geography

Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon lies on the Orge , a tributary of the Seine . The community is surrounded by Linas in the north, Leuville-sur-Orge in the north-east, Brétigny-sur-Orge in the east and south-east, La Norville in the south, Arpajon in the west and south-west and Ollainville in the north-west.

history

Previously the name of the municipality was Saint-Germain-lès-Châtres .

Attractions

Saint Germain Church
  • Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church, built in the 11th and 12th centuries, monument historique since March 1926
  • Boisselle, Falaise and Fourcon mills
  • Château de Chanteloup

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 69-73.

Personalities

  • Korbinian (670 / 680–724 / 730), first bishop of Freising, missionary

Web links

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