Évry () is a former commune in the southern suburbs of

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, France, prefecture of the department of

Essonne Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes.Évry-Courcouronnes Évry-Courcouronnes () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 re ...

. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "

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" of Évry Ville Nouvelle, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune. Significant nearby communes include

Courcouronnes Courcouronnes () is a former Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Évry-Courcouronnes. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris, in the "new town ...

Corbeil-Essonnes Corbeil-Essonnes () on the River Seine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture buildin ...

Ris-Orangis Ris-Orangis () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Inhabitants of Ris-Orangis are known as ''Rissois''. History The commune of Ris-Orangis was creat ...

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, and

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"). The name "Évry" comes from the Gallic name ''Eburacon'' or ''Eburiacos'', meaning "land of Eburos" (a Gallic

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), perhaps the leader of a Gallic tribe in the area before the conquest of

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by the Romans. After the conquest, the name was corrupted into

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''Apriacum'', then

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''Avriacum'', and later ''Evriacum''. In 1881 the name of the commune was changed into ''Évry-Petit-Bourg'' at the request of entrepreneur

Paul Decauville Paul Decauville (; 7 June 1846–1922) was a French engineer and businessman. He was also mayor of Evry-Petit Bourg and senator from Seine-et-Oise. He is the founder of a manufacturing company that bears his name ( Decauville, established in 187 ...

, owner of ''Ateliers de Petit-Bourg'', a large boiler works located in Évry and at the time the largest employer in the area. The factory owed its name to the hamlet of Petit-Bourg (one of the three hamlets on the territory of Évry) where it was built. On 29 June 1965 the name of the ''commune'' was shortened into "Évry" only. Évry had just been chosen to become a "

" of the suburbs of Paris, destined to host tens of thousands of suburbanites, and so the name "Petit-Bourg" (literally meaning "little borough, small town" in modern French, although etymologists think that this name was in fact the corruption of an old Gallic word with a totally different meaning) was deemed too old fashioned and improper for the new large suburban city of Évry to be built.

History

In 1965 Évry became part of the French

initiative and took its current name. Before then it was known as "Évry-Petit-Bourg" and had a population of only a few thousand. When Évry was built,

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was the primary international airport of France, and many international companies, such as

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, and

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, established their head offices in Évry. However, with the expansion of Charles de Gaulle Roissy airport, all the larger companies have moved out, causing the downfall of the many smaller service companies which catered to the lunchtime needs of the thousands of staff who were either displaced or made redundant. The town has tried to counteract this exodus by increasing the capacity of the commercial center, the

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, to 235 shops, mostly selling the same wares (54 ready-made women's wear, 14 shoe shops, 28 men's wear, 13 children's wear, 15 jewellers, 9 mobile phone shops, 9 opticians, and 19 restaurants and snack bars). The economy of the Agora has also been hit by the recession. A total of 29 shops and one restaurant are vacant. 24 are on the upper level where the rents are almost double that of the lower level shops. During the week the car parks are now "pay by the hour" to discourage rail commuters from saturating the parking space during the day to the detriment of shoppers. Weekend parking is free. Another measure taken by the local authorities has been to declare certain quarters a "''zone franche''" which means that businesses starting up in these areas are exempt from

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along with many other social benefits and aids which makes Évry an attractive town for future entrepreneurs. The Cathedral of the Resurrection, dedicated to

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, is one of the few 20th-century cathedrals built in a truly modern style (see also

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1962,

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1967). The total cost was 13.72M€. The total surface is 1,600 m², and it is 34 m high. It can receive 1,400 people.

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made a visit on 22 August 1997, and although car parks were requisitioned as far away as

, apart from invited guests, fewer than 500 people turned out for the event, which means that Évry may hold the world record for the smallest crowd at a papal appearance. In 2003, the

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mayor,

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Education

the commune has 42 schools with 7,200 students. The commune has six junior high schools:Collèges et Lycées
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, Lycée Pierre Mendès France is in nearby

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. Private schools * Collège-Lycée Notre-Dame-De-Sion University: *

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''Grande école'': * École nationale supérieure d'informatique pour l'industrie et l'entreprise *

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Religion

Évry has the following religious edifices (in descending order of attendance): * Grand Mosque of Évry and Islamic Centre (largest in France)
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* Cathedral of the Resurrection * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (

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) * Evangelist Centre (Protestant) * Adventist Church * Parish church of St Peter & St Paul (extremely rare 12th century building oriented north–south instead of east/west) * Synagogue * Notre Dame de l'Esperance * Convent of Notre Dame de Sion There is also a very strong presence of

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in Évry, with a new

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on the Route Nationale 7 nearly opposite the pagoda. The Grand Mosque of Évry with its 5,525 m² is one of the largest in Europe, and is of

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. The minaret is 25 m tall. It has a large prayer room and can accommodate a total of 5.000 people. The construction of the mosque was mostly funded by King Fahd of

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and the interior decoration by the Moroccan king

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. The total cost was €6.8 million. Although the true story of the kidnapping and death of

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is still a mystery, many people believe he is buried either under the mosque or in the nearby forest of La Garenne. The Khanh-Anh Pagoda completed in 2015 is the largest

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in Europe (3,287 m²) and can accommodate 1,500 people. The initial cost was estimated at €7.6 million, mostly funded by the Vietnamese community, but is expected to have doubled by the end of the construction. Work began in 1996 and is yet to be completed. The statue of

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, 4 metres tall and weighing 5 tons, arrived from

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on 20 October 2002. The pagoda will be the headquarters of the European Buddhist Congregation and will be a training school for future monks and nuns. The

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consecrated the edifice on 12 August 2008. He made a speech in English which was translated by interpreters into French and

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. 1,500 adepts were admitted into the grounds coming from as far away as

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, but only 500 visitors watched the ceremony on a giant screen erected in the nearby park.

Parks and recreation

Parc-du-Lac Courcouronnes is a relatively large park with a walking trail and a small lake, located in Evry-Courcouronnes. It is home to the famous "Dame du Lac", a very large climbing wall constructed by architect Pierre Skelezy in 1975.

Political activity

The following political parties have a permanent base in Évry: *

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* Parti Socialiste * UDF *

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* Groupe des Verts * Groupe "Défi pour Évry" * Groupe "Nous, Citoyens d'Évry"

Miscellaneous

The composer

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had a country residence in Évry to be near his friend

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, who lived on the opposite bank of the

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''. On 16 November 1943, Resistance fighter

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was arrested during a gun battle on the banks of the Seine, a few hundred yards from Évry railway station after his group had been outnumbered. A memorial marks the exact place where he was arrested. Towards the end of the war,

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crossed the Seine with his tanks at Évry en route from

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going towards the east. The anniversary of the liberation of Évry on 23 August 1944, is celebrated annually at the Patton Memorial. Note: Although there is a plaque at the site where the US Army crossed the Seine at Évry Petit Bourg claiming that General Patton crossed the Seine at this site, the claim that Patton crossed here is incorrect. Units of Patton's 3rd Army crossed the Seine south of Paris on Aug 26, 1944 at Sens and Troyes, 20-30 mi south of Évry. The pontoon bridge at Évry Petit Bourg was constructed on Aug 26, 1944 by the 238th Engineer Combat Battalion, part of the US VII Corps under Gen. J. Lawton Collins, US First Army (Gen. Courtney Hodges). The tanks that crossed at Évry belonged to the 3d Armored Division of the US First Army, not Patton's 3d Army. Although Évry is a modern "new town", which is generally synonymous with "concrete jungle", 50% of its surface area is parkland and open space. The main thoroughfares are very wide avenues, and trees are to be found everywhere. In the nationwide intercommunal competition "Ville Fleurie" (flowered town) Évry has been awarded the high status of "3 flowers", usually won by country villages. To encourage this aspect of the town an annual "Balcon Fleuri" (flowered balcony) competition is held. A similar balcony competition is held each December for the best exterior Christmas decorations. Some people consider the modern cathedral as an architectural beauty while others liken the design to that of a

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. Évry is the home of the European space project

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, at the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES).

Notable personalities

* Maud Medenou, basketball player * Aurélien Ngeyitala, footballer * Clement Parisse, cross-country skier * Niska, rapper *

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, rapper

Twinnings

Évry is twinned with the

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in England. This is because, originally, Évry was designed to be a predominantly management and executive class town. Évry is also twinned with

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in Poland,

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in Germany,

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in Nicaragua, and

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in Quebec, Canada. The Agglomération d'Évry has twinning pacts with

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in Mali and

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in the

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. (Maison du Monde, 509, Patio des Terrasses, Évry, sharing the address with a branch of

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.) The latest addition to the overseas contacts is a "''parrainage''" (godfather) pact with

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in Romania.

Sports

Several évryens clubs illustrated in various disciplines such as AS Evry in

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who played in the third division national league and the Paris Île-de-France, the Corsairs of Evry in

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. evolving into a second division championship and sometimes national French elite; the Peaux Rouges in

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who play in the third national division, and the North South Viry Evry Essonne athletics. The town regularly hosts national meetings such as the French Dance Federation in 1981. Being city-stage of the

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in 2001, it was also bid to host the Grand Prix of France. In June 2012, the

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(FFR) announced that the now-closed Ris-Orangis horse racing track in Évry had been chosen as the site for a proposed new stadium for the national rugby union team. The new ground was intended to feature 82,000 seats, a retractable roof, and a slide-out pitch, and was to be at the center of a 133-hectare shopping and entertainment complex. Plans originally called for the stadium to open in 2017, but FFR abandoned the project in December 2016 after numerous delays.

References

External links

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University of Évry

Cathedral of the Resurrection in Évry

Cathedral and diocese
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