Crosne, Essonne
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Crosne () is a commune in the
Essonne Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the ÃŽle-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.department, in the
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region in northern
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. It is also a
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of
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, located 18 km from the center of
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.


Climate

Crosne is located in
ÃŽle-de-France The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
and enjoys a degraded
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with cool winters and mild summers, and has regular rainfall throughout the year. The annual average temperature is 10.8 Â°C, with a maximum of 15.2 Â°C and a minimum of 6.4 Â°C. The temperatures per month recorded are 24.5 Â°C in July at the maximum and 0.7 Â°C in January at the minimum, but the registered records are 38.2 Â°C on 1 July 1952 and −19.6 Â°C on 17 January 1985. Due to the lower urban density between
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 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
and its suburbs, a negative difference of one to two degrees Celsius is felt strongly. The amount of sunshine is comparable to the average for the northern regions of the
Loire The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. It rises in the so ...
with 1,798 hours per year. Precipitation is evenly distributed over the year, with a total of 598.3 millimeters of rain and an approximate average of fifty millimeters per month.


Population

Inhabitants of Crosne are known as ''Crosnois'' in French.


Transport

Crosne is served by Montgeron-Crosne station on the Paris RER line D.


Twin towns – sister cities

Crosne is twinned with: * Belœil, Belgium (1964) *
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, Germany (1964) *
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, Czech Republic (1999)


Politics

The mayor of Crosne is Michaël Damiati from
Debout la France Debout la France (, , DLF), originally called Debout la République (, , DLR), is a French political party founded by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 1999 as the "genuine Gaullist" branch of the Rally for the Republic. It was relaunched again in 200 ...
, starting from 30 March 2014. The commune of Crosne is located in Essonne's 8th constituency, which includes Vigneux-sur-Seine(The Canton of Vigneux-sur-Seine, includes Crosne), Montgeron, Yerres, and Brunoy. Their member of the National Assembly has been
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (; born 7 March 1961), sometimes referred to by his initials NDA, is a French politician serving since 2008 as president of the minor party Debout la France. He was its only member in the National Assembly (France), Nationa ...
, the president of
Debout la France Debout la France (, , DLF), originally called Debout la République (, , DLR), is a French political party founded by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 1999 as the "genuine Gaullist" branch of the Rally for the Republic. It was relaunched again in 200 ...
, since 1997. He was first elected in 1997, followed by getting reelected in 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017.


See also

*
Communes of the Essonne department The following is a list of the 194 communes of the Essonne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Official website
*
Mayors of Essonne Association
Communes of Essonne {{Essonne-geo-stub