Vert-le-Grand
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Evry | |
| Canton | Ris orangis | |
| Community association | Val d'Essonne | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ' N , 2 ° 22' E | |
| height | 54-121 m | |
| surface | 15.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,322 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91810 | |
| INSEE code | 91648 | |
| Website | http://www.vert-le-grand.com/ | |
 Vert-le-Grand town hall |
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Vert-le-Grand is a commune with 2,322 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement Evry and is part of the canton Ris-Orangis . The inhabitants are called Grandvertois .
geography
Vert-le-Grand is located about 32 kilometers southeast of Paris in the Hurepoix countryside . The municipality is bounded in the north by Bondoufle , in the northeast by Lisses , in the east by Écharcon , in the south by Vert-le-Petit , in the west and southwest by Leudeville and in the northwest by Le Plessis-Paté .
In the northwest of the municipality there is a military airfield (Base aérienne 217 Bretigny-sur-Orge).
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 801 | 828 | 1,248 | 1,282 | 1,477 | 1.911 | 2,300 | 2,396 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Vert-le-Grand
- Saint-Germain church and in front of it the war memorial
Personalities
- Roland Dubillard (1923–2011), writer
Community partnerships
Partnerships have existed with the British community of Wingham in Kent (England) since 1994 and with the Portuguese community of Idanha-a-Nova since 1995.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 616–621.
