Corbeil-Essonnes
Corbeil-Essonnes | |
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Coordinates: 48°36′50″N 2°28′55″E / 48.6139°N 2.482°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Essonne |
Arrondissement | Évry |
Canton | Corbeil-Essonnes |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Piriou[1] |
Area 1 | 11.01 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 52,683 |
• Density | 4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 91174 / |
Elevation | 32–92 m (105–302 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Corbeil-Essonnes (French:
Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture building and administration are located inside the commune of Corbeil-Essonnes.
History
Traces of human presence in the area date to the
Representatives of the king of France signed two treaties of Corbeil in the town, the Treaty of Corbeil (1258) between France and Aragon and the Treaty of Corbeil (1326) between France and Scotland.
Corbeil was besieged by the Duke of Burgundy in 1418. The
The composer Camille Saint-Saëns lived in Corbeil for some years of his youth.
The commune of Corbeil-Essonnes was created on 10 August 1951 by the merger of the commune of Corbeil with the commune of Essonnes. The commune town hall (
Inhabitants of Corbeil-Essonnes are known as Corbeil-Essonnois.
Population
The population data given in the table and graph below for 1946 and earlier refer to the former commune of Corbeil.
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Economy
In the 19th century, Corbeil-Essonnes was a centre of the flour-milling industry. Essonnes also had notable papermills.
Today, X-Fab France SAS is headquartered here and operates a semiconductor fabrication plant. The 55 hectares (0.21 sq mi) site includes 25000 square meters of cleanrooms and a design center. The fab had been founded by IBM in 1964. In 1999 it was transferred into a joint venture between IBM and Infineon, operating under the name Altis Semiconductor(fr).[5] In 2010 it was sold to Yazid Sabeg for one symbolic Euro. X-Fab acquired the assets of insolvent Altis in 2016.[6]
Safran Aircraft Engines has a plant in Corbeil.[7]
Transport
Corbeil-Essonnes is served by Corbeil-Essonnes station which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D. Corbeil-Essonnes is also served by Essonnes-Robinson station and by Moulin-Galant station on Paris RER line D.
The town is crossed by the EuroVelo 3 track.
Education
There are about 40 schools in Corbeil-Essonnes.[8]
Junior high schools:
- Collège Chantemerle
- Collège La Nacelle
- Collège Louise Michel
- Collège Saint-Spire
- Collège Sédar Senghor
Senior high schools/Sixth-form colleges:
Notable people
- Nigel Atangana, footballer
- Jean-Sylvain Babin, footballer
- Dylan Bahamboula, footballer
- Demba Diagouraga, footballer
- Claude Dauphin, actor
- Damien Mozika, footballer
- Félicien Rops (1833-1898) Belgian artist and illustrator [9][10]
- Hadi Sacko, footballer
- PNL, French rappers
- MMZ, French rappers[citation needed]
- William de Corbeil, medieval Archbishop of Canterbury
- Walid Regragui, French-Moroccan football coach
- Breakbot, French musician, DJ and music producer
Twin towns
- Alzira, Spain, since 1991
- Belinho e Mar (Esposende), Portugal, since 2000
- Bishopbriggs, Scotland, since 1989
- Sindelfingen, Germany, since 1961
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Corbeil-Essonnes, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^
"Altis Semiconductor S.N.C.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
Altis Semiconductor S.N.C., a specialty foundry, provides silicon manufacturing and technology development services...
- ^ "X-FAB to Acquire Assets of Altis Semiconductor". Erfurt: X-Fab. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ "Safran Aircraft Engines, Evry-Corbeil".
- French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ Jean Cassou (1979) The Concise Encyclopedia of Symbolism. Chartwell Books, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, 292 pp.
- ^ Lee Revens and J.-K. Huysmans (1975) The Graphic Work of Félicien Rops. Léon Amiel Publisher, New York, 288 pp.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- website MJC of Corbeil-Essonnes (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Land use (IAURIF) (in English)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)