Essonne
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in
ﾃ四e-de-France
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in northern
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Origin of the city name
The name origin of this commune is not well known. One hypothesis is that Lisses is coming from the Latin Licia villa, as the initial village developed around the Lisses estate.
Another hypothesis is that Lisses has
German
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origins: Listja, meaning barrier.
This commune was created in 1793 under its current name.
Population
Twin city
Lisses is partnered with
Aue-Fallstein
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in
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Education
The commune has three primary school groups (combined preschool and elementary school), Frﾃｩdﾃｩric Mistral, Jean-Baptiste Corot, and Joachim du Bellay; as well as one junior high school, Collﾃｨge Rosa Luxemburg.Les ﾃｩtablissements scolaires " Lisses. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Lisses in art and culture
*The name of this commune is used to identify a rest area on the A6 motorway
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Parkour
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was developed in Lisses and nearby
Courcouronnes
Courcouronnes () is a former commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune ﾃ益ry-Courcouronnes. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of ﾃ益ry Ville Nouvelle, creat ...
, having been created by
David Belle
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