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.department of
France
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. It is a southern suburb of
Paris
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, 25 km from the center of Paris.
Geography
This village is near
Les Ulis
Les Ulis () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, department, from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, France. A planned community, it comprises outer suburbs (banlieues) built in the 1970s on the southwestern ...
,
Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette (, "Bures-on- Yvette") is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a southern Parisian outer suburb in the Vallée de Chevreuse, with a population of 9,254 as of 2021.
Geograp ...
Paris
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to
Chartres
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, crossing the
Hurepoix
Hurepoix () is an area of the Île-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan.
Geography
This area is ...
.
Climate
Gometz-le-Châtel has an
oceanic climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Gometz-le-Châtel is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Gometz-le-Châtel was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 16 January 1985.
History
* This is a very old village, known since 1068.
* A train line was built between
Paris
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to
Chartres
Chartres () is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 1 ...
Aérotrain
The Aérotrain was an experimental Tracked Air Cushion Vehicle
(TACV), or hovertrain, developed in France from 1965 to 1977 under the engineering leadership of Jean Bertin (1917–1975) – and intended to bring the French rail network to the ...
was built, from Gometz-le-Châtel to
Limours
Limours, often referred to as ''Limours-en-Hurepoix'' () is a communes of France, commune the Essonne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Limours is located from Paris.
Population
Inhabitants of Li ...
, for a trial, from 1966 to 1977, a creation of
Jean Bertin
Jean Henri Bertin (5 September 1917 – 21 December 1975) was a French scientist, engineer and inventor. He was born in Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He is best known as the lead engineer for the French experime ...
(railway engineer). This experiment was replaced by the
TGV
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, operating currently.
Population
Inhabitants of Gometz-le-Châtel are called ''Castelgometziens'' in French.
Places to see
* Saint-Clair's Church built during the 10th Century.
* Viaduc des Fauvette
* La Fontaine Miraculeuse
Personalities
* Charles Peguy (French author) lived here for a time.