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Essonne
Coat of arms of the Essonne department
Location
Location of Essonne in France
Administration
Department number: 91
Region: Île-de-France
Prefecture: Évry
Subprefectures: Étampes
Palaiseau
Arrondissements: 3
Cantons: 42
Communes: 196
President of the General Council: Michel Berson
PS
Statistics
Population Ranked 14th
 -Jan. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Évry is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 25 Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Étampes is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. Palaiseau is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Essonne department are Arrondissement of Étampes, ( subprefecture: Étampes) The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 42 cantons of the Essonne department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 196 communes of the Essonne département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. 1, 2006 estimate
 -March 8, 1999 census		 1,193,497
1,134,238
Population density: 662/km²
Land area¹: 1,804 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
France

Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France. It is named after the Essonne River. The Essonne is a 97 km long French river It is a Tributary off the left bank of the Seine.

It was formed on January 1, 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.

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History

The Essonne department was created on January 1, 1968, from the southern portion of the former department of Seine-et-Oise. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.

In 1969, the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from Essonne and added to the department of Yvelines. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Châteaufort is a commune of the Yvelines département, of the Île-de-France region, in France. Toussus-le-Noble is a commune of the Yvelines département, in France. Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.

Geography

Essonne belongs to the region of Île-de-France. Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France.

It has borders with the departments of:

All of northern Essonne department belongs to the Parisian agglomeration and is very urbanized. The south remains rural.

In descending order, the cities over 25,000 population are: Évry, Corbeil-Essonnes, Massy, Savigny-sur-Orge, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Viry-Châtillon, Athis-Mons, Palaiseau, Draveil, Yerres, Les Ulis, and Vigneux-sur-Seine. Évry is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 25 Corbeil-Essonnes is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Massy is the name of the following communes in France Massy Essonne, in the Essonne department Massy Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire Savigny-sur-Orge is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Viry-Châtillon is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Athis-Mons is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Palaiseau is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Draveil is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Yerres is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. Les Ulis is a Francilienne commune of Essonne located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Vigneux-sur-Seine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. Milly-la-Forêt is an example of its more rural communes. Milly-la-Forêt is a commune in the Essonne department in France.

Notable Places

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Essonne in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
84. Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole, or colloquially l'Hexagone) is the part of France located in Europe, including 7% 15. 3%
Born in
Overseas France		 Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
1. The French Overseas Departments and Territories ( French: départements d'outre-mer and territoires d'outre-mer or DOM-TOM) consist broadly of 8% 2. 8% 4. 0% 6. 7%
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Pied-Noir ("Black-Foot" plural Pieds-Noirs, pronounced /pje Northwest Africa or Northwestern Africa is a variably defined Region of North Africa. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

See also

External links

The following is a list of the 42 cantons of the Essonne department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The following is a list of the 196 communes of the Essonne département, in France. The 3 arrondissements of the Essonne department are Arrondissement of Étampes, ( subprefecture: Étampes)
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