Arrondissement of Palaiseau explained

Type:arr
Palaiseau
Insee:913
Nbcomm:68
Prefecture:n
Seat:Palaiseau
Area:484.0

The arrondissement of Palaiseau is an arrondissement of France in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 68 communes. Its population is 630,737 (2019), and its area is 484km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Palaiseau, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Angervilliers (91017)
  2. Arpajon (91021)
  3. Athis-Mons (91027)
  4. Avrainville (91041)
  5. Ballainvilliers (91044)
  6. Bièvres (91064)
  7. Boullay-les-Troux (91093)
  8. Brétigny-sur-Orge (91103)
  9. Breuillet (91105)
  10. Briis-sous-Forges (91111)
  11. Bruyères-le-Châtel (91115)
  12. Bures-sur-Yvette (91122)
  13. Champlan (91136)
  14. Cheptainville (91156)
  15. Chilly-Mazarin (91161)
  16. Courson-Monteloup (91186)
  17. Égly (91207)
  18. Épinay-sur-Orge (91216)
  19. Fontenay-lès-Briis (91243)
  20. Forges-les-Bains (91249)
  21. Gif-sur-Yvette (91272)
  22. Gometz-la-Ville (91274)
  23. Gometz-le-Châtel (91275)
  24. Guibeville (91292)
  25. Igny (91312)
  26. Janvry (91319)
  27. Juvisy-sur-Orge (91326)
  28. Leudeville (91332)
  29. Leuville-sur-Orge (91333)
  30. Limours (91338)
  31. Linas (91339)
  32. Longjumeau (91345)
  33. Longpont-sur-Orge (91347)
  34. Marcoussis (91363)
  35. Marolles-en-Hurepoix (91376)
  36. Massy (91377)
  37. Les Molières (91411)
  38. Montlhéry (91425)
  39. Morangis (91432)
  40. La Norville (91457)
  41. Nozay (91458)
  42. Ollainville (91461)
  43. Orsay (91471)
  44. Palaiseau (91477)
  45. Paray-Vieille-Poste (91479)
  46. Pecqueuse (91482)
  47. Le Plessis-Pâté (91494)
  48. Saclay (91534)
  49. Saint-Aubin (91538)
  50. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (91549)
  51. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (91552)
  52. Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard (91560)
  53. Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne (91568)
  54. Saint-Michel-sur-Orge (91570)
  55. Saint-Vrain (91579)
  56. Saulx-les-Chartreux (91587)
  57. Savigny-sur-Orge (91589)
  58. Les Ulis (91692)
  59. Vaugrigneuse (91634)
  60. Vauhallan (91635)
  61. Verrières-le-Buisson (91645)
  62. Villebon-sur-Yvette (91661)
  63. La Ville-du-Bois (91665)
  64. Villejust (91666)
  65. Villemoisson-sur-Orge (91667)
  66. Villiers-le-Bâcle (91679)
  67. Villiers-sur-Orge (91685)
  68. Wissous (91689)

History

The arrondissement of Palaiseau was created in 1962 as part of the department Seine-et-Oise. In 1968 it became part of the new department Essonne.[3] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Essonne, it received three communes from the arrondissement of Étampes.[4]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Palaiseau were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Arpajon
  2. Athis-Mons
  3. Bièvres
  4. Brétigny-sur-Orge
  5. Chilly-Mazarin
  6. Gif-sur-Yvette
  7. Juvisy-sur-Orge
  8. Limours
  9. Longjumeau
  10. Massy-Est
  11. Massy-Ouest
  12. Montlhéry
  13. Orsay
  14. Palaiseau
  15. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
  16. Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
  17. Savigny-sur-Orge
  18. Les Ulis
  19. Villebon-sur-Yvette

Sub-prefects

References

48.7122°N 2.2347°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2022. 11 January 2023. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Palaiseau (913). 2019-10-05. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/91his.html Historique de l'Essonne
  4. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016. 4–9. 2019-10-28.
  5. Web site: Populations légales 2012: 91 Essonne. December 2014. INSEE.

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