Vert-le-Petit () is a 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 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

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. General

Auguste Jubé de La Perelle Auguste Jubé, baron de La Perelle (12 May 1765 – 1 July 1824) was a French general, politician and historiographer. Publications *1794: ''Couplets-impromptus au brave Marc Tancogne, de la commune d'Agen, soldat au 71e régiment d'infanterie, ...

(1765–1824) was born in Vert-le-Petit. Inhabitants of Vert-le-Petit are known as ''Vertois''.

Geography

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 ...

forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the

References

External links

Official website

Mayors of Essonne Association
Communes of Essonne {{Essonne-geo-stub