Arpajon

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Administration
Commune of Arpajon
Location
Longitude	02° 14' 55" E
Latitude	48° 35' 28" N
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Arpajon (chief town)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Arpajonnais
Statistics
Altitude	47 m–89 m (avg. 69 m)
Land area¹	2.40 km²
Population² (1999)	9,059
- Density (1999)	3,772/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	91021/ 91290
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Arpajon is a commune of the Essonne département, in the Paris Metropolitan Area (Île-de-France région), in France. Its postal code is 91290.

Chief town of canton of 9,159 inhabitants, the commune is located at 30 km south of Paris, accessible by the N20, and to 20 km in the north of Étampes. Its inhabitants are Arpajonnaises and Arpajonnais. Common A a surface of 2.40 km² and culminates to 69 metres.

1 Monuments and landmarks
2 Events
3 Births
4 External link

[edit] Monuments and landmarks

Covered Market of 15th century.
A market takes place each Friday since 13th century.
The Saint-Clément Church (11th century and 15th centuries). In 1782, Benjamin Franklin there installed the lightning conductor.
Arpajon shelters also cinematographic studios in which many films or television broadcasts are turned.
Until 1720, the city was called Châtres. It took its current name following the acquisition of the commune by Louis de Severac, marquis of Arpajon. To the French Revolution, it bore the name of Francval.

[edit] Events

The third weekend from September takes place with Arpajon the Foire aux haricots (The Bean Festival), a trade event and artisanal which lasts four days. The bean celebrated here is the chevrier.