Paray-Vieille-Poste () is a

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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 Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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in northern

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Paris-Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Orly), commonly referred to as Orly , is one of two international airports serving the French capital, Paris, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly an ...

is partially located in the commune.

History

Paray-Vieille-Poste originated from the old village of Paray, which had about 60 residents in 1790. The name "Paray-Vieille-Poste" first appeared in 1923. By 1928 the population swelled to 3,000 residents. At the time streets had not yet been built, and running water had not yet been installed. The Sarraut law of 15 March 1928 lead to the quick establishment of vital infrastructure. In 1931 Paray-Vieille-Poste received electricity and water connections, and the work was completed by 1933. The commune was affected by

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

bombings against

Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Orly), commonly referred to as Orly , is one of two international airports serving the French capital, Paris, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly an ...

.Histoire
." Paray-Vieille-Poste. Retrieved on 9 February 2011.

Coat of arms

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The coat of arms contains bugles of the

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s announcing their passage to tell bystanders to move out of the way, the arms of the

Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The conce ...

, and the arms of

Maréchal de Vaux Maréchal is the French equivalent of English Marshal. Maréchale is the feminine form mainly used to denote the wife of a marshal in France. It can also refer to: Military ranks *Maréchal général des camps et armées du roi, former French dis ...

Population

Inhabitants of Paray-Vieille-Poste are known as ''Paraysiens'' in French.

Economy

Transavia.com France Transavia Airlines S.A.S., trading as Transavia France and formerly branded as ''transavia.com France'', is a French low-cost airline owned by Air France S.A. & Transavia Airlines C.V. based at Paris-Orly Airport. It shares its corporate desi ...

has its head office in Paray Vieille Poste.

OpenSkies OpenSkies was a French airline owned by International Airlines Group (IAG) which operated under the Level (airline brand), Level brand prior to closing down, and before that operated under its own brand name. Its headquarters were located in ...

is headquartered in Paray Vieille Poste. Prior to its re-establishment as OpenSkies, the airline

L'Avion Elysair SAS, operating as L'Avion (French for "The plane"), was an airline headquartered in Paray Vieille Poste, France, near Wissous. It operated business class-only long-haul service between Orly Airport, Paris and Newark Liberty International ...

(Elysair SAS) was headquartered in that location.

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Fineceramics Group has its design centre in Orlytech in Paray-Vieille-Poste. Prior to its disestablishment,

Air Inter Air Inter (Lignes Aériennes Intérieures) was a semi-public French domestic airline. Before its merger with Air France, the airline was headquartered in Paray-Vieille-Poste, Essonne.''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 26 March-1 Ap ...

(as Air France Europe) had its head office in the commune.''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 26 March-1 April 1997.
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AOM French Airlines AOM French Airlines (previously Air Outre-Mer) was the second-largest airline in France from 1990 until 2001. Its head office was in Building 363 at Orly Airport, Paray-Vieille-Poste. History Air Outre Mer (AOM) was founded in 1988 in the Fren ...

had its head office in Building 363 at

and in Paray-Vieille-Poste. After AOM and

Air Liberté Air Liberté (later known as Air Lib) was an airline in France founded in July 1987. Air Liberté was headquartered in Rungis.''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 26 March-1 April 1997.44 Air Lib was headquartered in Orly Airport ...

merged in 2001, the new airline occupied building 363.

Education

Schools in Paray-Vieille-Poste include École Maternelle Victor-Hugo, École Primaire Jules-Ferry, École Paul-Bert (Maternelle and Primaire), and Collège Pierre-de-Ronsard.2010 a4 rv.pdf Plan de Ville
." Ville de Paray-Vieille-Poste. Retrieved on 15 May 2010. 440 students attend Collège Pierre-de-Ronsard.College
" Ville de Paray-Vieille-Poste. Retrieved on 3 September 2016. The Saint-Exupéry Library (Bibliothèque Saint-Exupéry) serves the village.

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