Les Ulis

French commune
nomcommune=Les Ulis


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mapcaption=Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
lat_long = coord|48|40|54|N|2|10|10|E|type:city
région=Île-de-France
département=Essonne
arrondissement= Palaiseau
canton=Les Ulis (chief town)
insee=91692
cp=91940
maire=Maud Olivier
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm="none as of 2007"
alt moy=155 m
alt mini=87 m
alt maxi=170 m
km²=5.18
sans=
24,900
25,785
date-sans=Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
dens=4,807|date-dens=2005|

Les Ulis is a "Francilienne" commune of Essonne located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is 23 km (14 miles) from the center of Paris.

History

The commune of Les Ulis has only recently come into existence: it was created on February 19, 1977 by detaching territory from the communes of Orsay and Bures-sur-Yvette.

Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was formatnum:25785. The estimate for 2005 was formatnum:24900.

Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as "Ulissiens".

Transport

Les Ulis is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Les Ulis is Bures-sur-Yvette station on Paris RER line B. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Bures-sur-Yvette, 1.6 km (1 mile) from the center of Les Ulis. Another popular station close to Les Ulis is Massy-Palaiseau RER station. Many shuttles transport commuters from the center of Les Ulis to the RER stations.

Famous people

* Football player Thierry Henry, who plays on the French national team as well as F.C. Barcelona in Spain, was born in Les Ulis.
*Another famous French football player Patrice Evra, who plays for Manchester United in England, also a member of the French national team, was raised in Les Ulis.
* French foil fencer Térence Joubert was also born in Les Ulis on April 17, 1982.
* The former spokesman of the ecological French party, Stéphane Pocrain, was raised in Les Ulis and was almost elected for the town's constituency (with the other towns of Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay etc...) in 2002.
* French supermodel Noémie Lenoir was born in Les Ulis on September 19, 1979 before her family moved to a very quiet life first in Gif-sur-Yvette and then in Versailles where she was discovered and started her career in modeling.
* French writer Patrick Lapeyre (author of the award-winning "L'homme-sœur") is a teacher in Les Ulis' high school (Lycée de l'Essouriau).
* Rap singer Sinik, was born central Paris, moved to Les Ulis at age four.

Economy

The biggest industrial area (tertiary) in Europe [Courtabœuf history [http://www.courtaboeuf.fr/index2.php?rub=1&srub=3&ssrub=11&goto=contenu Official website] fr icon] is concentrated in Parc d'Activité de Courtabœuf (area: 378 ha) with more than 1000 companies employing 24,500 people. This area is spread over three communes: Les Ulis (mainly), Villebon-sur-Yvette and Villejust. Many companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Apple Computer have their French head offices in this area.

ee also

*Communes of the Essonne department

References

* [http://www.ume.asso.fr Mayors of Essonne Association] fr icon
* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mairie-des-ulis.fr/ Official website] (in French)
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos91692.html Land use (IAURIF)] en icon