Saint-Yon

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Saint-Yon
Saint-Yon coat of arms
Saint-Yon (France)
Saint-Yon
region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Etampes
Canton Arpajon
Community association Entre Juine et Renarde
Coordinates 48 ° 34 '  N , 2 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '  N , 2 ° 11'  E
height 52-154 m
surface 4.66 km 2
Residents 894 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 192 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 91650
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairiedesaint-yon.fr/

Saint-Yon town hall

Saint-Yon is a commune with 894 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Étampes and the canton of Arpajon (until 2015: canton of Saint-Chéron ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Yonais .

geography

Saint-Yon is located about 28 kilometers south-southwest of Paris on the Renarde River , which forms the western boundary of the municipality and where it meets the Orge . Saint-Yon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Breuillet in the north and north-west, Égly in the north and north-east, Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon in the east, Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières in the south and Breux-Jouy in the west and south-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 315 289 363 504 770 811 876 889
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Yon

  • Saint-Yon church
  • Former infirmary from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 1979 Monument historique
  • Wash house

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 892-893.

Web links

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