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Essonne

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Essonne
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The Essonne coat of arms
Location
Location of Essonne in France
Administration
Département number: 91
Région: Île-de-France
Préfecture: Évry
Sub-Préfectures: Étampes
Palaiseau
Arrondissements: 3
Cantons: 42
Communes: 196
Conseiller Général: Michel Berson
Statistics
Population Ranked 14th
 -Jan.1, 2004 estimate
 -March 8, 1999 census
1,172,301
1,134,238
Population density: 650/km²
Land area¹: 1,804 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².
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The French département of Essonne is part of the région of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.

It was formed on January 1, 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise département.

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[edit] History

The Essonne département was created on the 1st January 1968, from the south part of the former département of Seine-et-Oise.

In 1969, the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from Essonne and added to the département of Yvelines.

[edit] Geography

Essonne belongs to the region of Île-de-France.

It has borders with the départements of:

All of northern Essonne département 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.

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