Saulx-les-Chartreux
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau | |
| Canton | Longjumeau | |
| Community association | Paris-Saclay | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 43-158 m | |
| surface | 7.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,886 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 769 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91160 | |
| INSEE code | 91587 | |
| Website | http://www.saulx.net/ | |
 Saulx-les-Chartreux town hall |
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Saulx-les-Chartreux is a French municipality with 5886 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . Saulx-les-Chartreux is part of the Palaiseau arrondissement and the Longjumeau canton . The inhabitants are called Salucéens .
geography
The Yvette flows through the place, which is about 20 kilometers south of Paris in the Hurepoix landscape . Saulx-les-Chartreux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Champlan in the north, Longjumeau in the northeast, Ballainvilliers in the east, La Ville-du-Bois in the southeast, Nozay in the south, Villejust in the southwest and Villebon-sur-Yvette in the west and northwest.
The route nationale 20 runs along the eastern edge of the municipality .
history
622 Saulx was first a possession of the abbey of Saint-Denis in the charters of King Dagobert I performed. The Carthusian Order (French Chartreux ) became landlord over the area in 1264.
catastrophe
On July 11, 1973 the VARIG flight 820 had an accident on the journey from Rio de Janeiro. After a fire broke out in the on-board toilet, the pilots were able to make an emergency landing in a field near Saulx-les-Chartreux. 123 people died because of the smoke.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,693 | 1.934 | 2,437 | 3,247 | 4.141 | 4,952 | 4,862 | 5,065 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de la Très-Sainte-Vierge church, built in the 11th century and numerous renovations up to the 16th century, monument historique since 1926
- Carthusian watermill with the Tournelles manor house (today media library)
- 17th century Château de Monthuchet (Tuileries from 1654, main building 1710)
- 19th century wash house
Personalities
- Jean Joseph Paul Augustin Dessoles (1767–1828), politician and general
- Gilles Andruet (1958–1995), chess player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 983-987.
