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14-576: Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry , the sub-prefecture building and administration are located inside the commune of Corbeil-Essonnes. Traces of human presence in the area date to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic ages; later it was a Gallo-Roman settlement on the main road from Paris to Sens . The name Corbeil is derived from the Latin Corbulium , from

28-575: Is a notable example of its more rural communes. 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. Population development since 1876: An immigrant

42-608: Is crossed by the EuroVelo 3 track. There are about 40 schools in Corbeil-Essonnes. Junior high schools: Senior high schools/Sixth-form colleges: Arrondissement of %C3%89vry The arrondissement of Évry is an arrondissement of France in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region . It has 51 communes . Its population is 539,918 (2019), and its area is 469.0 km (181.1 sq mi). The communes of

56-462: The Gaulish cor beel , meaning "holy house". Since the time of Aymon, comte de Corbeil (died 957), to the 12th century it was the chief town of a powerful county, which passed to Mauger , son of Richard I of Normandy . William de Corbeil (died 1136) became archbishop of Canterbury , but nothing is known for certain about his parentage. The Gothic church was built in the tenth century and rebuilt in

70-756: The Treaty of Corbeil (1326) between France and Scotland. Corbeil was besieged by the Duke of Burgundy in 1418. The Protestants of France attacked it in 1562 amidst the religious war called the First Civil War . In 1590 General Alessandro Farnese , who had come to the assistance of the Catholics in France, fought at Corbeil. The composer Camille Saint-Saëns lived in Corbeil for some years of his youth. The commune of Corbeil-Essonnes

84-514: The arrondissement of Évry were, as of January 2015: 48°37′39″N 2°26′29″E  /  48.62750°N 2.44139°E  / 48.62750; 2.44139 Essonne Essonne ( French pronunciation: [ɛsɔn] ) is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France . It is named after the river Essonne . In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes . Essonne

98-403: The arrondissement of Évry, and their INSEE codes , are: The arrondissement of Évry was created in 1966 as part of the department Seine-et-Oise . In 1968 it became part of the new department Essonne. As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of

112-671: The department of Yvelines . Essonne belongs to the region of Île-de-France . 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. The most populous commune is Évry-Courcouronnes , the prefecture. As of 2019, the 5 most populous communes are: 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

126-502: The fifteenth century. Before the expulsion of the Jews Corbeil had a flourishing Jewish community, which numbered thirteenth-century scholars Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil and Perez ben Elijah . Peter of Corbeil (died 1222) was the teacher of Lotario de' Conti, who became pope as Innocent III . Representatives of the king of France signed two treaties of Corbeil in the town, the Treaty of Corbeil (1258) between France and Aragon and

140-410: The flour-milling industry. Essonnes also had notable papermills. Today, X-Fab France SAS is headquartered here and operates a semiconductor fabrication plant . The 55 hectares (0.21 sq mi) site includes 25000 square meters of cleanrooms and a design center. The fab had been founded by IBM in 1964. In 1999 it was transferred into a joint venture between IBM and Infineon , operating under

154-437: The name Altis Semiconductor . In 2010 it was sold to Yazid Sabeg for one symbolic Euro. X-Fab acquired the assets of insolvent Altis in 2016. Safran Aircraft Engines has a plant in Corbeil. Corbeil-Essonnes is served by Corbeil-Essonnes station which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D . Corbeil-Essonnes is also served by Essonnes-Robinson station and by Moulin-Galant station on Paris RER line D. The town

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168-474: 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 m (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

182-399: Was created on 10 August 1951 by the merger of the commune of Corbeil with the commune of Essonnes. The commune town hall ( mairie ) is located in Corbeil. Inhabitants of Corbeil-Essonnes are known as Corbeil-Essonnois . The population data given in the table and graph below for 1946 and earlier refer to the former commune of Corbeil. In the 19th century, Corbeil-Essonnes was a centre of

196-467: 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. 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

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