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Essonneĕsôn', department (1990 pop. 1,096,300), N central France. Évry is the capital.
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Essonne 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.
The Essonne department was created on 1 January 1968, from the southern portion of the former department of Seine-et-Oise.
In 1969, the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from Essonne and added to the department of Yvelines.
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,more »
Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne to the north,
Seine-et-Marne to the east,
Loiret to the south,
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- Évry
Évry, town (1991 pop. 45,854), capital of Essonne dept., N central France. The major industry is the manufacture of aeronautic equipment. A suburb of Paris, it is one of several developments b...
- Île-de-France, region, France
Île-de-France, region and former province, N central France, in the center of the Paris basin, a fertile depression where the Marne and Ouse rivers join the Seine. Containing parts of the Beau...
