The Essonne department was created on 1 January 1968,[why?] from the southern portion of the former department of Seine-et-Oise.
In June 1963, Carrefour S.A. opened the first hypermarket in the Paris region at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (although the word "hypermarché" was first used only in 1966). Based on the ideas put forward by the American logistics pioneer Bernardo Trujillo,[4] the centre offered on a single 2,500 m2 (26,909.78 sq ft) site a hitherto unknown combination of wide choice and low prices, supported by 400 car parking spaces.
The Headquarters of the Arianespace Company, a major commercial aerospace launcher, servicing companies who wish to launch satellites into space.
Château de Montlhéry. Originally having been an ancient fort during Roman times, the first feudal lords began to inhabit the castle around 1000 AD. One major battle was fought in the castle during its lifetime. In 1465, Charles the Rash and French King Louis XI fought in the plains in front of the castle. In 1842, the reconstruction of the castle was started, and currently is being maintained by the local town of Montlhery
The Forest of Sénart. Covering 3,500 hectares in area, this forest is very important to the local population. The local government has kept roads and agricultural companies from cutting down parts of this forest. The forest receives between two and three million visitors annually, and the government spends 1.2 million euros a year maintaining it.
Telecom Sudparis. Situated in Évry, this is a grande école for engineers
The department's most high-profile political representative has been Manuel Valls, who was Prime Minister of France from 31 March 2014 to 6 December 2016. Valls visited its main town, Évry, to deliver remarks following the Charlie Hebdo massacre of January 2015. The president of the Departmental Council is François Durovray, elected in 2015.
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as Pieds-Noirs in 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), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 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. 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.
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essonne, confused, with, essenes, french, pronunciation, ɛsɔn, listen, department, southern, part, Île, france, region, northern, france, named, after, river, 2019, population, across, communes, department, francechâteau, courancesflagcoat, armslocation, franc. Not to be confused with Essenes Essonne French pronunciation ɛsɔn listen is a department in the southern part of the Ile de France region in Northern France It is named after the river Essonne In 2019 it had a population of 1 301 659 across 194 communes 3 EssonneDepartment of FranceChateau de CourancesFlagCoat of armsLocation of Essonne in FranceCoordinates 48 30 N 02 17 E 48 500 N 2 283 E 48 500 2 283 Coordinates 48 30 N 02 17 E 48 500 N 2 283 E 48 500 2 283CountryFranceRegionIle de FrancePrefectureEvry CourcouronnesSubprefecturesEtampesPalaiseauGovernment President of the Departmental CouncilFrancois Durovray 1 LR Area1 Total1 804 km2 697 sq mi Population Jan 2020 2 Total1 306 118 Rank14th Density720 km2 1 900 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Department number91Arrondissements3Cantons21Communes194 1 French Land Register data which exclude estuaries and lakes ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2Essonne was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine et Oise was split into smaller departments Its prefecture is Evry Courcouronnes Its INSEE and postcode number is 91 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Principal towns 3 Main sights 4 Politics 4 1 Presidential election second round 4 2 Members of the National Assembly 5 Demographics 5 1 Place of birth of residents 6 Tourism 7 Sister regions 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditThe Essonne department was created on 1 January 1968 why from the southern portion of the former department of Seine et Oise In June 1963 Carrefour S A opened the first hypermarket in the Paris region at Sainte Genevieve des Bois although the word hypermarche was first used only in 1966 Based on the ideas put forward by the American logistics pioneer Bernardo Trujillo 4 the centre offered on a single 2 500 m2 26 909 78 sq ft site a hitherto unknown combination of wide choice and low prices supported by 400 car parking spaces In 1969 the communes of Chateaufort and Toussus le Noble were separated from Essonne and added to the department of Yvelines Geography EditEssonne belongs to the region of Ile de France It has borders with the departments of Hauts de Seine and Val de Marne to the north Seine et Marne to the east Loiret to the south Eure et Loir and Yvelines to the west All of northern Essonne department belongs to the Parisian agglomeration and is very urbanized The south remains rural Principal towns Edit The most populous commune is Evry Courcouronnes the prefecture As of 2019 the 5 most populous communes are 3 Commune Population 2019 Evry Courcouronnes 66 851Corbeil Essonnes 51 234Massy 50 644Savigny sur Orge 36 577Sainte Genevieve des Bois 35 830In descending order the other communes over 25 000 population are Athis Mons Palaiseau Vigneux sur Seine Viry Chatillon Ris Orangis Yerres Draveil Grigny Bretigny sur Orge Etampes Brunoy and Les Ulis 3 Milly la Foret is a notable example of its more rural communes Main sights EditThe Ecole Polytechnique Founded in 1794 L Ecole Polytechnique is one of the most prestigious engineering universities in France This university was ranked 10th in the world by the Times Higher Education Supplement in 2005 Its campus is in the town of Palaiseau Paris Sud University One of the best public schools in France it is ranked 52nd by Academic Ranking of World Universities It is best known for its mathematics department Located in Orsay Essonne about 26 000 students are enrolled The Headquarters of the Arianespace Company a major commercial aerospace launcher servicing companies who wish to launch satellites into space Chateau de Montlhery Originally having been an ancient fort during Roman times the first feudal lords began to inhabit the castle around 1000 AD One major battle was fought in the castle during its lifetime In 1465 Charles the Rash and French King Louis XI fought in the plains in front of the castle In 1842 the reconstruction of the castle was started and currently is being maintained by the local town of Montlhery Chateau de Courances The Forest of Senart Covering 3 500 hectares in area this forest is very important to the local population The local government has kept roads and agricultural companies from cutting down parts of this forest The forest receives between two and three million visitors annually and the government spends 1 2 million euros a year maintaining it Telecom Sudparis Situated in Evry this is a grande ecole for engineersPolitics EditSee also Departmental Council of Essonne The department s most high profile political representative has been Manuel Valls who was Prime Minister of France from 31 March 2014 to 6 December 2016 Valls visited its main town Evry to deliver remarks following the Charlie Hebdo massacre of January 2015 The president of the Departmental Council is Francois Durovray elected in 2015 Presidential election second round Edit Election Winning Candidate Party 2nd Place Candidate Party 2022 5 Emmanuel Macron LREM 65 43 Marine Le Pen FN 34 572017 6 Emmanuel Macron LREM 72 18 Marine Le Pen FN 27 822012 Francois Hollande PS 53 43 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 46 572007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52 08 Segolene Royal PS 47 922002 6 Jacques Chirac RPR 84 96 Jean Marie Le Pen FN 15 041995 7 Jacques Chirac RPR 53 30 Lionel Jospin PS 15 04Members of the National Assembly Edit Constituency Member 8 PartyEssonne s 1st constituency Francis Chouat La Republique En Marche Essonne s 2nd constituency Franck Marlin The RepublicansEssonne s 3rd constituency Laetitia Romeiro Dias La Republique En Marche Essonne s 4th constituency Marie Pierre Rixain La Republique En Marche Essonne s 5th constituency Cedric Villani Ecology Democracy SolidarityEssonne s 6th constituency Amelie de Montchalin La Republique En Marche Essonne s 7th constituency Robin Reda The RepublicansEssonne s 8th constituency Nicolas Dupont Aignan Debout la FranceEssonne s 9th constituency Marie Guevenoux La Republique En Marche Essonne s 10th constituency Pierre Alain Raphan La Republique En Marche Demographics EditPopulation development since 1876 Historical populationYearPop p a 1876135 911 1881140 027 0 60 1891151 726 0 81 1901164 617 0 82 1911177 385 0 75 1921187 188 0 54 1931271 094 3 77 1936286 896 1 14 1946293 932 0 24 1954350 987 2 24 YearPop p a 1962478 691 3 96 1968673 325 5 85 1975923 063 4 61 1982988 000 0 98 19901 084 824 1 18 19991 134 238 0 50 20061 198 273 0 79 20101 215 340 0 35 20161 287 330 0 96 Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues source 9 10 Place of birth of residents Edit Place of birth of residents of Essonne in 1999 Born in metropolitan France Born outside metropolitan France84 7 15 3 Born inoverseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 EU 15 immigrants2 Non EU 15 immigrants1 8 2 8 4 0 6 7 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers such as Pieds Noirs in 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 as well as to a lesser extent foreign born children of French expatriates A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 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 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 Tourism Edit Etampes Chateau de Dourdan Chateau de Montlhery Longpont sur Orge Milly La ForetSister regions EditEssonne is twinned with Ibaraki Prefecture Japan since 1986 See also EditCantons of the Essonne department Communes of the Essonne department Arrondissements of the Essonne departmentReferences Edit Repertoire national des elus les conseillers departementaux data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 4 May 2022 Telechargement du fichier d ensemble des populations legales en 2020 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 29 December 2022 a b c Populations legales 2019 91 Essonne INSEE Soulabail Yves 2020 09 30 Bernardo Trujillo son enseignement lors des seminaires MMM Carrefour Un combat pour la liberte in French Retrieved 2022 04 28 Les resultats du second tour de l election presidentielle France 24 in French 2022 04 19 Retrieved 2022 04 28 a b Presidentielles www interieur gouv fr in French Retrieved 2022 04 28 Resultats de l election presidentielle de 1995 par departement Politiquemania www politiquemania com Retrieved 2022 04 28 Nationale Assemblee Assemblee nationale Les deputes le vote de la loi le Parlement francais Assemblee nationale Historique de l Essonne Le SPLAF Evolution et structure de la population en 2016 INSEE External links 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