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Essonne () is a department in the southern suburb part of the Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes. Populations légales 2019: 91 Essonne, INSEE
Essonne was formed on 1 January 1968, when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments. Its prefecture is Évry-Courcouronnes. Its INSEE and postcode number is 91.
In June 1963, Carrefour 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, 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.
It has borders with the departments of:
All of northern Essonne department belongs to the Parisian agglomeration and is very urbanized. The south remains rural.
| Évry-Courcouronnes | 66,851 |
| Corbeil-Essonnes | 51,234 |
| Massy | 50,644 |
| Savigny-sur-Orge | 36,577 |
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | 35,830 |
In descending order, the other communes over 25,000 population are: Athis-Mons, Palaiseau, Vigneux-sur-Seine, Viry-Châtillon, Ris-Orangis, Yerres, Draveil, Grigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge, Étampes, Brunoy and Les Ulis. Milly-la-Forêt is a notable example of its more rural communes.
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Politics
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.
Presidential election, second round
2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 65.43 Marine Le Pen FN 34.57 2017 Emmanuel Macron LREM 72.18 Marine Le Pen FN 27.82 2012 François Hollande PS 53.43 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 46.57 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 52.08 Ségolène Royal PS 47.92 2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 84.96 Jean-Marie Le Pen National Rally 15.04 1995 Jacques Chirac RPR 53.30 Lionel Jospin PS 15.04
Members of the National Assembly
Essonne's 1st constituency Francis Chouat La République En Marche! Essonne's 2nd constituency Franck Marlin The Republicans Essonne's 3rd constituency Laëtitia Romeiro Dias La République En Marche! Essonne's 4th constituency Marie-Pierre Rixain La République En Marche! Essonne's 5th constituency Cédric Villani Ecology Democracy Solidarity Essonne's 6th constituency Amélie de Montchalin La République En Marche! Essonne's 7th constituency Robin Reda The Republicans Essonne's 8th constituency Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Debout la France Essonne's 9th constituency Marie Guévenoux La République En Marche! Essonne's 10th constituency Pierre-Alain Raphan La République En Marche!
Demographics
Population development since 1876:
Place of birth of residents
== Tourism ==
Sister regions
Essonne is twinned with:
See also
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