The Essonne () is a long French river. It is a left

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...

of the Seine. Its course crosses the departments of

Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.< ...

and

Essonne Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Acionna Acionna was a Gallo-Roman water goddess, attested in the Orléanais region. In 1822, Jean-Baptiste Jollois, one of the founding fathers of archaeology in the region, carried out excavations on the so-called "fontaine de l'Étuvée", an ancient ...

, a Gallo-Roman river goddess attested at Orléans (Genabum).

Geography

It begins on the Gâtinais plateau at La Neuville-sur-Essonne through the confluence of two rivers, the Œuf—whose source is near Chilleurs-aux-Bois,

, at above sea level—and the Rimarde—whose source is near

Nibelle Nibelle () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the following ...

, Loiret, . Notably it runs through Malesherbes and La Ferté-Alais, before running into the Seine at Corbeil-Essonnes. Notable among the Essonne's tributaries is the

Juine The Juine () is a French river, long. It is a left tributary of the river Essonne. Its source is in Loiret, in the forest of Chambaudoin, less than 3 km south-west from Autruy-sur-Juine. Its name originates in the hamlet of Juines which ...

, long, which enters from the left. The other tributaries are short streams (the Velvette, the Ru de D’Huison, the Ru de Misery off the left bank; Ru de Boigny and the Ru de Ballancourt off the right bank). From Corbeil-Essonnes to its terminus at Malesherbes, the

RER D RER D is one of the five lines in the (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a gro ...

runs along the valley of the Essonne. Part of the basin feeding the Essonne, as well as its course between Malesherbes and La Ferté-Alais, are in the parc naturel régional du Gâtinais français.

Communes

The Essonne runs through the communes of: ; In Loiret : : La Neuville-sur-Essonne ~ Aulnay-la-Rivière ~

Ondreville-sur-Essonne Ondreville-sur-Essonne (, literally ''Ondreville on Essonne'') is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of ...

Briarres-sur-Essonne Briarres-sur-Essonne (, literally ''Briarres on Essonne'') is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret de ...

Dimancheville Dimancheville () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the follo ...

~ Orville ~ Augerville-la-Rivière ; In Seine-et-Marne : : Boulancourt ~ Buthiers ; In Loiret : : Malesherbes ; In Seine-et-Marne :

Nanteau-sur-Essonne Nanteau-sur-Essonne (, literally ''Nanteau on Essonne'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Nantessonnais''. Services The commune has a boat ...

; In Essonne : :

Boigneville Boigneville () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Inhabitants of Boigneville are known as ''Boignevillois''. Geography Climate Boigneville has a oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification ''Cfb' ...

~ Prunay-sur-Essonne ~ Buno-Bonnevaux ~ Gironville-sur-Essonne ~ Maisse ~ Courdimanche-sur-Essonne ~ Boutigny-sur-Essonne ~ Vayres-sur-Essonne ~ Guigneville-sur-Essonne ~ La Ferté-Alais ~ Baulne ~

Itteville Itteville () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Itteville's twin town has been Newick in the United Kingdom since 1988. The distance between both towns is . Origin of the town name The original name of ...

~ Ballancourt-sur-Essonne ~ Vert-le-Petit ~

Fontenay-le-Vicomte Fontenay-le-Vicomte () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Inhabitants of Fontenay-le-Vicomte are known as ''Fontenaysiens''. See also *Communes of the Essonne department The following is a list of th ...

~ Écharcon ~ Mennecy ~

Lisses Lisses () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Origin of the city name The name origin of this commune is not well known. One hypothesis is that Lisses is coming from the Latin Licia villa, as the initial ...

~ Ormoy ~ Villabé ~ Corbeil-Essonnes

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Parc naturel régional du Gâtinais français
{{Authority control Rivers of France Rivers of Essonne Rivers of Île-de-France