Essonne
Details
Information
Number	91
Region	Île-de-France
Prefecture	Évry
Subprefecture	Corbeil-Essonnes Étampes Palaiseau
Population  - Total (1999)  - Density	Ranked 14th 1,134,238 629 /km²
Area	1,804 km²
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	41
Communes	196
President of the general council	Michel Berson
Location

The French département of Essonne is part of the région of Île-de-France.

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

Administration

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.

Geography

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

It has borders with the départements of:

• Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne on the north,
• Seine-et-Marne on the east,
• Loiret on the south,
• Eure-et-Loir and Yvelines on the west.

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

Other towns : Massy , Savigny-sur-Orge , Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Viry-Châtillon , Athis-Mons, Draveil , Orsay , Les Ulis , Dourdan ...

See also: List of the communes of the Essonne département

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• http://www.essonne.fr