Les Ulis
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Les Ulis | |
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| Coordinates: 48°40′56″N 2°10′11″E / 48.6822°N 2.1698°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Les Ulis |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris-Saclay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Clovis Cassan[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 25,253 |
| • Density | 4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91692 /91940 |
| Elevation | 87–170 m (285–558 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Ulis (French pronunciation:
Location
Les Ulis is a
Geography
The town is laid out in the form of a U, approximately three
The source of the minor river
The town is divided into distinct neighbourhoods by the main roads running through it. To the east is a large industrial zone. To the west is the residential area, a large part of which consists of 33 HLM tower blocks, grouped into four neighbourhoods.
The town was conceived and built in the 1970s according to the precepts of Le Corbusier by architects Robert Camelot, François Prieur and Georges-Henri Pingusson. Its tower blocks are raised on slabs so that they are accessed above street level by means of pedestrian walkways. The town incorporates a large urban park, to the north.
Transport
Line B of the RER runs through the Chevreuse and local bus services give access to the train stations at Orsay and Bures-sur-Yvette.
Les Ulis finds itself at a significant meeting point of motorways. The most significant of these, the
History
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The discovery in 1977 of Bronze Age tools in the neighbouring town of Villejust suggests the possibility of pre-historic human occupation of the area that is today Les Ulis. During the Roman era, villas rustica occupied the Courtabœuf plateau. One, the "Villa Bona" gives its name to nearby Villebon-sur-Yvette. A number were constructed by a property owner named Uslo, whose name might conceivably be connected to that of Les Ulis. It is also possible that the name is related to the Old French usler, meaning to raze by fire. The area was at one time wooded, but was cleared during the Middle Ages.
The name "Ullys" is first recorded as that of a feudal
A significant farm of 160 hectares, the Grand Vivier, occupied much of the land. It raised cattle and sheep and cultivated wheat, potato, strawberry and beet. There was also a distillery on the land.
The Ligne de Sceaux railway opened in 1867, passing just to the west of the present-day town.
The development of the Courtabœuf industrial park was decided on in 1960, accompanied on 30 November that year by a decision to create a priority development zone for ten thousand homes to sit alongside it. 265 hectares of land comprising four farms, previously belonging to the communes of Bures-sur-Yvette and Orsay, were set aside for this housing project.
On 13 March 1964, an urban district of Bures-Orsay was established to oversee the development of the area. Road and utilities for the industrial zone were completed by July 1966, with the first business, AtoChem (part of what is now
The first municipal council for Les Ulis was elected in 1971. In 1973, a shopping centre, Ulis 2, was opened under the auspices of Carrefour.
A census of 1975 records 20,283 people living in Les Ulis. Because this was significantly greater than the populations of both Bures-sur-Yvette and Orsay, which shared administrative responsibility for the town, a local
In March 1977, Paul Lorident was elected mayor of Les Ulis, whilst the town remained in construction. He oversaw the building of a town hall, a market, a hybrid library and a cultural centre, named after the writer Boris Vian.
In 1982, the population of Les Ulis was 28,223. In 1985, it became a canton.
Population
Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as Ulissiens.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1975 | 20,316 | — |
| 1982 | 28,256 | +4.83% |
| 1990 | 27,197 | −0.48% |
| 1999 | 25,785 | −0.59% |
| 2007 | 24,528 | −0.62% |
| 2012 | 24,783 | +0.21% |
| 2017 | 25,208 | +0.34% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
- Retired football player Thierry Henry, who played for the French national team, was born and raised in Les Ulis.
- Manchester United football player Anthony Martial grew up in Les Ulis and played for the local football team CO Les Ulis as a child.[5]
- Football player Patrice Evra, who played for the French national team, was raised in Les Ulis.
- The former spokesman of the ecological French party, constituency (with the other towns of Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsayetc...) in 2002.
- supermodel Versailleswhere she was discovered and started her career in modeling.
- writer Patrick Lapeyre (author of the award-winning L'homme-sœur) is a teacher in Les Ulis' high school (Lycée de l'Essouriau).
- Rapper Sinik, was born central Paris, moved to Les Ulis at age four.
- Rapper Gambino LaMG is born and raised in Les Ulis.
- Gilbert Bayiha N'Djema,footballer
- Tristan Dingome, footballer
- Moussa Marega, footballer
- Abdoulaye Cissoko, footballer
- Patrice Vigier, self-taught luthier and founder of Vigier Guitars, was originally from Les Ulis.[6]
Economy
The biggest industrial area (
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "IAU - Occupation du sol simplifiée en 2008". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-14. Accessed 01/11/2010.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Anthony Martial: The making of Manchester United's star". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Notre Histoire - Vigier Guitars". vigierpro.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020. [Site no longer accessible to general public and page not archived in Wayback Machine, but relevant information still returned in Google search-results snippet.]
- ^ Courtabœuf history Official website Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today (in French)
- ^ "Jumelages". lesulis.fr (in French). Les Ulis. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)
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