Yerres ( French pronunciation: [jɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Essonne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France. It is located 18.3 km (11.4 mi) from the center of Paris .
10-597: Inhabitants are called Yerrois in French. Yerres lies in the North-Eastern part of Essonne and bordering the Val-de-Marne département . The town extends on both sides of the valley through which flows the river Yerres . The highest point is the wooded Mont Griffon , which reaches an altitude of 116 m, while the lowest point is at only 30 m above sea level. In 1860 the father of Gustave Caillebotte bought an estate on
20-421: A population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes . 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. 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
30-483: Is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris , France. It is located 20.9 km (13.0 mi) from the center of Paris . Inhabitants of Viry-Châtillon are also known as Castelvirois in French. The town is home to the women's football team Paris FC . It is also the base of the engine division of the Formula One constructor Alpine - Renault from 1977-2026. Viry-Châtillon is twinned with: Viry-Châtillon
40-575: 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
50-523: Is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. Essonne is twinned with: Viry-Ch%C3%A2tillon Viry-Châtillon ( French pronunciation: [viʁi ʃatijɔ̃] )
60-470: Is served by Yerres station on Paris RER line D . Yerres is twinned with: This Essonne geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
70-581: 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 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
80-413: The 12th century. At that time a wooden church stood on the spot where the current church building stands. Throughout the years the church had different patron saints: Saint Lupus, Saint Vincent (a tribute to the many vineyards the town formerly counted), Saint Fiacre and now Saint Honestus . The church that can be seen in the town center was probably built in the 13th century but later modified. Yerres
90-463: The banks of the river Yerres and the famous impressionist painted around 80 paintings there, until the sale of the estate in 1879. The most famous paintings the artist made in Yerres are Portraits à la campagne, Baigneurs, Bords de l'Yerres, Canotiers ramant sur l'Yerres . The estate and its magnificent garden are now owned by the town and open to visitors. The first parish of Yerres could well date back to
100-671: 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
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