Rungis () is a

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in the southern suburbs of

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, in the ''

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'' of

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It is best known as the location of the large wholesale food market serving the Paris metropolitan area and beyond, the ''

Marché d'Intérêt National de Rungis The Rungis International Market (french: Marché International de Rungis) is the principal market of Paris, mainly for food and horticultural products, located in the commune of Rungis, in the southern suburbs. It is the second largest wholesa ...

'', said to be the largest food market in the world. The name Rungis was recorded for the first time in a royal

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of 1124 as ''Rungi Villa''.

Economy

Rungis is the home base for the headquarters of the

Système U Système U is a French symbol group retailers cooperative, comprising about eight hundred independent hypermarkets and supermarkets, headquartered in the Parc Tertiaire SILIC in Rungis, France. It owns the trademarks Hyper U, Super U, Marché ...

supermarket cooperative,

Corsair International Corsair International, legally ''Corsair S.A.'' and previously ''Corsairfly'' and ''Corse Air International'', is a French charter airline headquartered in Rungis and based at Orly Airport. It is a subsidiary of German investor Intro Aviation (53 ...

(previously Corsairfly) and

HOP! Air France Hop, formerly branded HOP!, is a French regional airline operating flights on behalf of its parent company Air France. The airline was founded on 21 December 2012http://www.verif.com/societe/HOP!-790151716/ after the merger of Airlin ...

airlines, and

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's France division. Prior to its disestablishment,

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 ...

was headquartered in Rungis.''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 26 March-1 April 1997.
44

Airlinair Société Airlinair, simply known as Airlinair, was a French regional airline based in Rungis, France, operating scheduled regional flights (some of which were on behalf of Air France), and aircraft lease services. The airline has set up bases a ...

previously had its head office in Rungis. In 2013 Airlinair merged into HOP!

Transport

Rungis is located . (7.2 miles) from the center of Paris and from

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, at the junction of the A6 and RN7. Rungis is served by Rungis – La Fraternelle station on Paris

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Population

Education

The community has two preschools (''écoles maternelles''), Médicis and Les Sources; two elementary schools, Les Antes and La Grange; and one junior high school, collège les Closeaux.Les établissements scolaires et les inscriptions
" Rungis. Retrieved on September 4, 2016. Post-secondary education: *

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