Corbeil-Essonnes

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Corbeil-Essonnes

Town Hall

Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs

483650N 22855ECoordinates:
483650N 22855E
France
Country
le-de-France
Region
Essonne
Department
vry
Arrondissement
Corbeil-Essonnes-Est and
Canton
Corbeil-Essonnes-Ouest
Intercommunality Seine-Essonne
Government
Mayor (2010-14) Jean-Pierre Bechter (UMP)
Coordinates:

Area1
Population (2007)2
Density
INSEE/Postal code
Elevation

11.01 km2 (4.25 sq mi)

41,308
3,800/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
91174 /
3292 m (105302 ft)

French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers

> 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2

Population without double counting: residents of multiple

communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted
once.

Corbeil-Essonnes (French pronunciation: [kbj esn]) on the River Seine is a commune in the
southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 28.3 km (17.6 mi) from the center of Paris.
Although neighboring vry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of vry, the sub-prefecture
building and administration are located inside the commune of Corbeil-Essonnes.

Contents

1 History
2 Economy
3 Transport
4 Notable people
5 Twin towns
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

History
Traces of human presence in the area date to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic ages; later it was a
Gallo-Roman settlement on the main road from Paris to Sens. The name Corbeil is derived from
the Latin Corbulium, from the Gaulish cor beel, meaning "holy house". Since the time of
Aymon, comte de Corbeil (died 957), to the 12th century it was the chief town of a powerful
county, which passed to Mauger, son of Richard I of Normandy.
William de Corbeil (died 1136) became archbishop of Canterbury, but nothing is known for
certain about his parentage. The Gothic church was built in the tenth century and rebuilt in the
fifteenth century. Before the expulsion of the Jews Corbeil had a flourishing Jewish community,
which numbered thirteenth-century scholars Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil and Perez ben Elijah.
Peter of Corbeil (died 1222) was the teacher of Lotario de' Conti, who became pope as Innocent
III.

Representatives of the king of France signed two treaties of Corbeil were signed 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 Protestants of France attacked it in
1562 amidst the religious war called the First Civil War. In 1590 General Alessandro Farnese,
who had come to the assistance of the Catholics in France, fought at Corbeil.
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 (mairie) is located
in Corbeil.
Inhabitants of Corbeil-Essonnes are known as Corbeil-Essonnois.

Economy
In the 19th century, Corbeil-Essonnes was a centre of the flour-milling industry; Essonnes also
had notable papermills.
Today, Altis Semiconductor is headquartered here and operates a fabrication plant. The 55
hectare site includes 25000 square meters of clean rooms and a design center. Until 2010 this fab
was a joint venture between IBM and Infineon.

Transport
Corbeil-Essonnes is served by Corbeil-Essonnes station which is an interchange station on Paris
RER line D and on the Transilien Paris Lyon suburban rail line. Corbeil-Essonnes is also
served by Essonnes-Robinson station on the Transilien Paris Lyon suburban rail line and by
Moulin-Galant station on Paris RER line D.
The town is crossed by the EuroVelo 3 track.

Notable people

Jean-Sylvain Babin, footballer

Demba Diagouraga, footballer
Damien Mozika, footballer
Hadi Sacko, footballer

Twin towns

Alzira, Spain, since 1991

Belinho, Portugal, since 2000
East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, since 1989

Sindelfingen, since 1961

See also

Communes of the Essonne department

References

INSEE
Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

Official website (French)

website MJC of Corbeil-Essonnes (French)
Mrime database - Cultural heritage (French)
Land use (IAURIF) (English)
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