Épinay-sur-Orge

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Commune of Épinay-sur-Orge
Location
Longitude 02°19'41"
Latitude 48°40'29"
Administration
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).
France

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.

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