Méréville is a former commune in the

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.department in

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

in northern

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Mérévillois.Arrêté préfectoral
28 September 2018 It contains the

Château de Méréville The Château de Méréville is a chateau in Méréville in the valley of the Juine, France. It is the rival of the Désert de Retz as two of the most extensive Landscape Gardens provided with follies and picturesque features — ''parcs à fa ...

, with its famous 1786 landscape park. Inhabitants of Méréville are known as ''Mérévillois''.

Geography

The river

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 sh ...

flows northward through the eastern part of the commune and crosses the village.

Geography

See also