Essonne - FR104

EU regions: France > ILE-DE-FRANCE > Île-de-France > Essonne

indicator	period	value
number of inhabitants	2020	1 309 566
population density	2019	721.8
old-age dependency ratio	2020	24

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Essonne (pronounced [ɛsɔn]) is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.

It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.

History

The Essonne department was created on 1 January 1968, from the southern portion of the former department of Seine-et-Oise.

In June 1963 Carrefour S.A. 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 2,500 m² (26,909.78 sq ft) 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.

other: Île-de-France, Yvelines, Paris, Essonne, Val-d’Oise, Val-de-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine

neighbours: Eure-et-Loir, Hauts-de-Seine, Yvelines, Val-de-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Loiret

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