La Ferté-Alais

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Coordinates: 48°29′01″N 2°20′58″E / 48.48361, 2.34944

Commune of La Ferté-Alais
View of La Ferté Alais from the east, looking over the town towards the airfield
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Coordinates 48°29′01″N 2°20′58″E / 48.48361, 2.34944
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Étampes
Canton La Ferté-Alais (chief town)
Mayor Christian Karrer
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 53 m–142 m
Land area¹ 4.55 km²
Population²
(1999)		 3,556
 - Density 782/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 91232/ 91590
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

La Ferté-Alais is a small town and commune of 3,000 in the Essonne département, France. It is 52 km south of Paris.

Its airfield (in Cerny really), hosts a world-famous air show for vintage World War I and WWII aircraft and a museum of such aircraft.

It even has the aircraft (still airworthy) that Louis Blériot used to cross the English Channel in 1909.

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At the 1999 census, the population was 3,556. The estimate for 2004 was 3,962.

Inhabitants of La Ferté-Alais are known as Fertois.

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