• The canton of Dourdan is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. Its borders were modified at the...
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    area of Paris. Dourdan is located on the river Orge in the western Essonne. The town is surrounded by the Dourdan forest (Forêt de Dourdan). Dourdan has...
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  • effect in March 2015: Arpajon Athis-Mons Brétigny-sur-Orge Corbeil-Essonnes Dourdan Draveil Épinay-sous-Sénart Étampes Évry-Courcouronnes Gif-sur-Yvette Longjumeau...
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    Essonne (category Departments of Île-de-France)
    president of the Departmental Council is François Durovray, elected in 2015. Population development since 1876: Étampes Château de Dourdan Château de...
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    Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ siʁ su duʁdɑ̃] , literally Saint-Cyr under Dourdan) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France...
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  • list of people who have acted as official executioners. In 1870 the Republic of France abolished all local executioners and named the executioner of Algiers...
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    Antoine Léger (cannibal) (category French people convicted of murder)
    servant in Dourdan. Having given free rein to his desire for isolation, he lived, during the first fortnight, among peasants; at the end of his eight-day...
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    Orsay (category Communes of Essonne)
    located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, 20.7 km (12.9 mi) from the centre of Paris. A fortified location of the Chevreuse valley since the 8th...
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  • Île-de-France. It consists of 42 members (general councilors) from 21 cantons and its headquarters are in Évry-Courcouronnes. The President of the General Council...
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    Arpajon (category Communes of Essonne)
    kilometres west of Évry, 14 km south of Palaiseau, 6 km south of Montlhéry, 14 km north-west of La Ferté-Alais, 19 km east of Dourdan, 17 km west of Corbeil-Essonnes...
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    for acute care with 35 beds, and a long-term care centre with 44 beds. Dourdan, France (1989) Farmington, Maine, United States (1991) "Banque de noms...
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    Congerville-Thionville (91613) Corbreuse (91175) D'Huison-Longueville (91198) Dourdan (91200) Étampes (91223) Étréchy (91226) La Ferté-Alais (91232) Fontaine-la-Rivière...
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    Bondoufle (category Communes of Essonne)
    the Stade Robert Bobin, which had been built for the occasion. Inhabitants of Bondoufle are known as Bondouflois. There are: Four preschools (école maternelle):...
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    Breuillet, Essonne (category Communes of Essonne)
    Île-de-France in northern France. It is located between Arpajon and Dourdan. Inhabitants of Breuillet are known as Breuilletois in French. Breuillet has town...
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    Gif-sur-Yvette (category Communes of Essonne)
    the centre of Paris (at Notre-Dame), in the Essonne department on the departmental border with Yvelines. In 2021, it had a population of 22,352. The...
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    Milly-la-Forêt (category Communes of Essonne)
    region in northern France. The Forest of Fontainebleau, in the western end of which Milly-la-Forêt lies, is composed of the Oligocene Fontainebleau sands...
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    Corbeil-Essonnes (category Communes of Essonne)
    of Paris, France. It is located 28.3 km (17.6 mi) from the center of Paris. Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry...
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    Montgeron (category Communes of Essonne)
    two cantons. The Canton of Vigneux-sur-Seine includes the communes of Vigneux-sur-Seine, Crosne and the northern part of Montgeron. The Canton of Draveil...
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    Limours (category Communes of Essonne)
    from Paris. Inhabitants of Limours are known as Limouriens in French. Limours gives its name to, and is the most populated town of, the Communauté de communes...
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    Massy, Essonne (category Communes of Essonne)
    Municipal archives of Massy). Massy is divided into two cantons: The canton of Massy-Est contains 18,316 inhabitants; The canton of Massy-Ouest contains...
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    Roinville, Essonne (category Communes of Essonne)
    Roinville-sous-Dourdan, is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Inhabitants of Roinville are known as Roinvillois. Communes of the...
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    Les Ulis (category Communes of Essonne)
    writer Boris Vian. In 1982, the population of Les Ulis was 28,223. In 1985, it became a canton. Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as Ulissiens. Retired...
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    Dourdain (category Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine)
    [duʁdɛ̃]; Breton: Dourdan; Gallo: Dórdaen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Inhabitants of Dourdain are called...
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    Évry-Courcouronnes (category Communes of Essonne)
    suburbs of Paris, France, prefecture of the department of Essonne. It was established on 1 January 2019 from the amalgamation of the communes of Évry and...
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    Baulne (category Communes of Essonne)
    Corbeil-Essonnes, 18 km (11 mi) south east of Montlhéry, 26 km (16 mi) south east of Palaiseau, 56 km (35 mi) east of Dourdan. It is 107 km (66 mi) away from its...
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    Yerres (category Communes of Essonne)
    department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.3 km (11.4 mi) from the center of Paris. Inhabitants are called Yerrois in...
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    Juvisy-sur-Orge (category Communes of Essonne)
    northern France. It is located 18 km south-east of Paris, a few kilometres south of Orly Airport. The site of the town has been occupied from ancient times;...
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    Saclay (category Communes of Essonne)
    is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.7 km (11.6 mi) from the centre of Paris. It is best known for the large scientific...
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    Palaiseau (category Communes of Essonne)
    of Paris, France. It is located 16.9 km (10.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. Palaiseau is a sub-prefecture of the Essonne department and the seat of the...
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    Mennecy (category Communes of Essonne)
    east of Palaiseau, 25 kilometers north east of Étampes, 31 kilometers north east of Dourdan. It is crossed by the river Essonne. Inhabitants of Mennecy...
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