Communauté d'agglomération Paris-Saclay explained
Type: | CA |
Paris-Saclay |
Insee: | 200056232 |
Creation: | 1 January 2016 |
Nbcomm: | 27 |
Seat: | Orsay |
President: | Grégoire de Lasteyrie (Horizons-LFA) |
Pop: | 314169 |
Datepop: | 2018 |
Area: | 185.9 |
The Communauté d'agglomération Paris-Saclay (or CPS) is an administrative entity in the Essonne département, near Paris. The administrative center is Orsay.[1] It was formed on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Plateau de Saclay (CAPS) and the Communauté d'agglomération Europ'Essonne(E²). Its area is 185.9 km2. Its population was 314,169 in 2018.[2]
Geography
Location
The Communauté d'Agglomération Paris-Saclay is located at the north-west of the département of Essonne, on the plateau de Saclay. The altitude is between 47m (154') in Palaiseau and 172m (564') in Gif-sur-Yvette.
Communes
The Communauté d'Agglomération Paris-Saclay consists of the following communes:[1] [3]
- Ballainvilliers
- Bures-sur-Yvette
- Champlan
- Chilly-Mazarin
- Épinay-sur-Orge
- Gif-sur-Yvette
- Gometz-le-Châtel
- Igny
- Linas
- Longjumeau
- Marcoussis
- Massy
- Montlhéry
- Nozay
- Orsay
- Palaiseau
- Saclay
- Saint-Aubin
- Saulx-les-Chartreux
- Les Ulis
- Vauhallan
- Verrières-le-Buisson
- Villebon-sur-Yvette
- La Ville-du-Bois
- Villejust
- Villiers-le-Bâcle
- Wissous
History
- At first, the syndicat intercommunal du plateau de Saclay (SIPS) was founded in 1988.
- The 6 December 1991, it became the district du plateau de Saclay (DIPS).
- It became a Communauté de communes then, in 2002, a Communauté d'agglomération.
- Before, communes of Bièvres in Essonne, Buc, Châteaufort, Jouy-en-Josas and Les Loges-en-Josas in Yvelines was in the district.
- In 2004, Gometz-le-Châtel integrates the CAPS.
- In 2010, the CAPS adheres at the syndicat mixte Paris Métropole.[4]
Transportation
Mass transit
Passenger rail service is provided in the community by RATP and Transilien SNCF in several RER stations in the Paris-Saclay University campus :
And more in the Paris-Saclay and Versailles research campus :
Rail
The Paris-Saclay community has the LGV Atlantique high-speed rail line serving the Massy TGV station.
Buses
Transports in the Paris-Saclay community is managed by Paris-Saclay Mobilités and provided by Transdev and Keolis.
Long-distance bus service is provided by BlaBlaBus and Flixbus at Massy-Palaiseau RER and SNCF TGV station.
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/V5/recherche-de-groupements/fiche-raison-sociale.php?siren=200056232 CA Communauté Paris-Saclay (N° SIREN : 200056232)
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=EPCI-200056232 Comparateur de territoire
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/epci/EPCI200056232-ca-communaute-paris-saclay INSEE
- http://www.parismetropole.fr/nous-connaitre/nos-membres List of members of Paris Métropole in the official website of the organisation