Essonne () is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2023, it had a population of 1,338,485, across 194 communes. the centre offered on a single site a hitherto unknown combination of wide choice and low prices, supported by 400 car parking spaces.

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.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Évry-Courcouronnes, the prefecture. the 5 most populous communes are:

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! Commune

! Population (2023)

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| Évry-Courcouronnes

| style="text-align: center;" | 66,919

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| Corbeil-Essonnes

| style="text-align: center;" | 54,471

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| Massy

| style="text-align: center;" | 51,729

|-

| Savigny-sur-Orge

| style="text-align: center;" | 37,601

|-

| Palaiseau

| style="text-align: center;" | 37,471

|}

In descending order, the other communes over 25,000 population are: Athis-Mons, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Vigneux-sur-Seine, Ris-Orangis, Viry-Châtillon, Draveil, Yerres, Étampes, Grigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge, Les Ulis and Brunoy.

| Emmanuel Macron

| LREM

| 65.43

| Marine Le Pen

| FN

| 34.57

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| 2017

| Emmanuel Macron

| LREM

| 72.18

| Marine Le Pen

| FN

| 27.82

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| 2012

| François Hollande

| PS

| 53.43

| Nicolas Sarkozy

| UMP

| 46.57

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| 2007

| Nicolas Sarkozy

| UMP

| 52.08

| Ségolène Royal

| PS

| 47.92

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| 2002

| Jacques Chirac

| RPR

| 53.30

| Lionel Jospin

| PS

| 15.04

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Members of the National Assembly

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| Essonne's 1st constituency

| Farida Amrani

| La France Insoumise

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| Essonne's 2nd constituency

| Nathalie da Conceicao Carvalho

| National Rally

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| Essonne's 3rd constituency

| Steevy Gustave

| The Ecologists

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| Essonne's 4th constituency

| Marie-Pierre Rixain

| Renaissance

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| Essonne's 5th constituency

| Paul Midy

| Renaissance

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| Essonne's 6th constituency

| Jérôme Guedj

| Socialist Party

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| Essonne's 7th constituency

| Claire Lejeune

| La France Insoumise

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| Essonne's 8th constituency

| Bérenger Cernon

| La France Insoumise

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| Essonne's 9th constituency

| Julie Ozenne

| The Ecologists

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| Essonne's 10th constituency

| Antoine Léaument

| La France Insoumise

|}

Demographics

Population development since 1876:

Place of birth of residents

Tourism

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File:France Essonne Etampes Hotel de Ville 02.jpg|Étampes

File:Dourdan (91), château, châtelet, côté cour 2.JPG|Château de Dourdan

File:FranceEnglandCard2 317.jpg|Château de Montlhéry

File:Lormoy Castle Under Snow (260224015).jpeg|Longpont-sur-Orge

File:Milly La Forêt-Le château.jpg|Milly La Forêt

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Sister regions

Essonne is twinned with:

  • Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan (since 1986)

See also

  • Cantons of the Essonne department
  • Communes of the Essonne department
  • Arrondissements of the Essonne department

References

  • Prefecture website
  • Departmental council website