Juvisy-sur-Orge(French pronunciation:[ʒyvizisyʁɔʁʒ],literallyJuvisy onOrge) is acommunein theEssonnedepartmentinÎle-de-Francein northernFrance.It is located 18 km south-east ofParis,a few kilometres south ofOrly Airport.
Juvisy-sur-Orge | |
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 TheCamille Flammarion Observatoryin Juvisy-sur-Orge | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Juvisy-sur-Orge  | |
  Juvisy-sur-Orge  Juvisy-sur-Orge | |
| Coordinates:48°41′20″N2°22′42″E/ 48.6889°N 2.3783°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Athis-Mons |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Lamia Bensarsa Reda[1] |
Area 1 | 2.24 km2(0.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 18,424 |
| • Density | 8,200/km2(21,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | French:juvisien(ne) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91326/91260 |
| Elevation | 32–92 m (105–302 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft) |
| 1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The site of the town has been occupied from ancient times; it is noted inJulius Caesar's book about theGallic Wars.Centuries later, it became an important place under theFrench monarchy,as a royal hotel. It would also be used as apost relay,the first one on the road toFontainebleau.It became a major road and railway junction in the 1840s after its railway station was built in 1840, and after 1893 was the first city surrounding Paris with a bridge crossing the riverSeine.
Most of the city was destroyed in April 1944 by an Allied bombing as the city was the only one surrounding Paris that had such a big railway station and had railway lines going to most of France's major cities. It was then rebuilt between 1945 and the 1970s.
The city is today known forGare de Juvisy,the fourth largest and most-frequented railway station in theGrand Paris.[citation needed]
Geography
editNeighboring communes:
The city is located 18 km south fromParis,in theGrand Paris.It has access from the National Road N°.7 (Route nationale 7) and is 10 km north ofÉvry.
Juvisy-sur-Orge is served byJuvisystation on ParisRER(Réseau express régional,i.e. Regional Express Network) linesCandD.
History
editStarting from 1883, Juvisy-sur-Orge is the location of astronomerCamille Flammarion's observatory,which today belongs to theSociété astronomique de France. The town is also the site of the 1740 Pyramid erected to memorialize the work ofJean PicardandNicolas Louis de Lacaillein measuring the Earth's circumference.
It is the burial site of authorRaymond Queneau,also now represented by the Bibliothèque-Médiathèque Raymond Queneau.[3]
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 12,628 | — |
| 1975 | 13,671 | +1.14% |
| 1982 | 12,305 | −1.49% |
| 1990 | 11,818 | −0.50% |
| 1999 | 11,937 | +0.11% |
| 2007 | 14,153 | +2.15% |
| 2012 | 15,188 | +1.42% |
| 2017 | 16,667 | +1.88% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
edit- Jean-Jacques Annaud,film director[5]
- Emmanuelle Charpentier,biochemist, discoveryCRISPR,Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2020.
- Christophe,singer[6]
- Amedy Coulibaly,one of three perpetrators in theJanuary 2015 Île-de-France attacks[7]
- Ouparine Djoco,footballer
- Ladji Doucouré,athlete
- Camille Flammarion,astronomer
- Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion(1877–1962), astronomer.
- Alexandre Prémat,motor racing driver
- Ferdinand Quénisset(1872–1951), astronomer.
- Sophian Rafai,basketball player
- Habib Sissoko,footballer
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires"(in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^Landru, Philippe (31 December 2008)."JUVISY-SUR-ORGE (91): ancien cimetière".Landru Cimetieres(in French).Retrieved1 May2019.
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
- ^Riggs, Thomas (2001).Contemporary theatre, film, and television.Gale Research Company.p. 6.ISBN9780787651091.
- ^"Efemérides de la música popular, 13 de octubre".Efe Eme(in Spanish). 13 October 2018.Retrieved1 May2019.
- ^Birnbaum, Michael (9 January 2015)."Who is kosher market suspect Amedy Coulibaly?".Washington Post.Retrieved1 May2019.
External links
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- Official website(in French)
- Base Mérimée:Search for heritage in the commune,Ministère français de la Culture.(in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association(in French)