Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne)
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau | |
| Canton | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (main town) | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Essonne agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 20 ′ E | |
| height | 37-90 m | |
| surface | 9.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 36,207 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,906 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91700 | |
| INSEE code | 91549 | |
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a French commune with 36,207 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Palaiseau and forms its own canton .
geography
The commune of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is located about 25 kilometers south of central Paris. The Orge River marks the north-western boundary of the municipality.
Neighboring municipalities are Villemoisson-sur-Orge and Morsang-sur-Orge in the north, Fleury-Mérogis in the east, Le Plessis-Pâte in the south, Saint-Michel-sur-Orge and Longpont-sur-Orge in the west and Villiers-sur-Orge and Épinay-sur-Orge in the northwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
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| 17,660 | 23,684 | 31,859 | 30,439 | 31,286 | 32,128 | 34,411 |
Town twinning
- Obertshausen , Federal Republic of Germany
- Mikołów , Poland
- Penafiel , Portugal
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne)
Russian cemetery
The Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois and the associated Notre-Dame-de-la-Dormition church have been classified as a " Monument historique " since 2006 as a unique ensemble for France and "the world's largest Russian emigrant cemetery ". Rudolf Nurejew and Andrei Arsenjewitsch Tarkowski , among others, are buried there.
Sainte-Geneviève church
Saint-Jean-Marie Vianney Chapel
Sacré-Cœur Chapel
reformed Church
Notre-Dame-de-la-Dormition church
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Others
The place gained tragic fame after the gruesome murder of the French Jewish Ilan Halimi by a group of Muslim immigrants in 2006.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 937-947.
Web links
- Community presentation (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Community website ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 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. , accessed February 1, 2014
- ^ Entry in Base Mérimée . Retrieved February 22, 2011 (French).
- ^ Hatred and Hope in: Nordbayerischer Kurier of February 26, 2019, p. 2.
