ESSONNE

'Essonne' is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the .
It was formed on January 1, 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise department.

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Administration

History

Geography

See also

External links

Administration

History

The Essonne department was created on January 1, 1968, from the southern portion of the former department of Seine-et-Oise.
In 1969, the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from Essonne and added to the department of Yvelines.

Geography

Essonne belongs to the region of Île-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.
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. Milly-la-Forêt is an example of its more rural communes.

See also

★ Cantons of the Essonne department

★ Communes of the Essonne department

★ Arrondissements of the Essonne department

External links

★ Prefecture website

★ General council website