Gometz-la-Ville

The church of Saint-Germain-de-Paris, in Gometz-la-Ville

Coat of arms

Gometz-la-Ville

Location within Île-de-France region

Gometz-la-Ville

Country

Île-de-France

Limours

Pays de Limours

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Bernard Jacquemard

Area¹

9.86 km² (3.81 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

1,229

• Density

120/km² (320/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

91274 / 91400

Elevation

92–176 m (302–577 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gometz-la-Ville is a French communes in the Essonne department in the southern suburbs of Paris (25 km) from the center of Paris.

Inhabitant of Gometz-la-Ville are named Gometziens.

Geography

The village is near Les Ulis, Limours, Gif-sur-Yvette and Gometz-le-Châtel, along the old road from Paris to Chartres, crossing the Hurepoix.

A train line was built between Paris to Chartres, created by Gallardon, at the beginning of the 20th Century, with a station in the nearby town of Gometz-le-Châtel. It was used from 1931 to 1939, but there is no traffic nowadays. Paris RER, B line, serves the village today. (Bures-sur-Yvette (Paris RER) or La Hacquinière (Paris RER) + Buses).
An experimental Aérotrain was built, from Gometz-le-Châtel to Rambouillet, for test, from 1966 to 1977, from a creation of Jean Bertin (train engineer). This project was stopped, for TGV's one, using rightnow.