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 the southern suburbs of
Paris
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Inhabitants of Chamarande are known as ''Chamarandais''.
History
Initially, this village was named Bonnes. In 1685, d'Ornaison family, the owner of the village and its château, gained permission from the French king to change the name to Chamarande. A later owner, the Duc de Persigny, was
Minister of the Interior
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under Napoléon III and a financial backer of the building of the Paris-Orléans rail station in the village, today an RER Cstation.
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 ...