Viry-Châtillon () is a commune in the southern suburbs of
Paris
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Inhabitants of Viry-Châtillon are known as ''Castelvirois'' in French.
Sports
The town is home to the women's football team Paris FC. It is also the base of the engine division of the
Formula One
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Renault
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Twin towns – sister cities
Viry-Châtillon is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
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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 2020):Official website