Épinay-sur-Orge
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Commune of Épinay-sur-Orge | |
Location | |
Longitude | 02°19'41" |
Latitude | 48°40'29" |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Île-de-France |
Département | Essonne |
Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
Canton | Longjumeau |
Intercommunality | none |
Mayor | Guy Malherbe (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 36 m–89 m |
Land area¹ | 4,44 km² |
Population² (1999) |
9,399 (Spinoliens) |
- Density (1999) | 2,117/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 91216/ 91360 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Épinay-sur-Orge is a commune of France, 17 km south of Paris. It is a suburb of Paris.
The town is located on a plate surrounded by three rivers:
- Rouillon runs of west in is, to the north of the city, and is thrown in the Yvette ;
- The Yvette runs north towards the south, to the east of the city, and flows into the Orge through Épinay-sur-Orge with the communes of Villemoisson-sur-Orge and Savigny-sur-Orge.
- The Orge runs of west in is, in the south of the city.
- It has two SNCF railway stations on the line C of the RER (ehr-eh-ehr), Épinay-sur-Orge and Petit-vaux.
[edit] External link
- Épinay-sur-Orge commune website (in French)