Juvisy-sur-Orge

French commune
nomcommune=Juvisy-sur-Orge


caption=
région=Île-de-France
département=Essonne
arrondissement=Palaiseau
canton=Juvisy-sur-Orge
(chief town)
insee=91326
cp=91260
sans=11,937
dens=5,329
intercomm=CC des Portes de l'Essonne
km²=2.24
longitude=2.3783
latitude=48.6889
alt moy=36 m
alt mini=32 m
alt maxi=92 m
maire=Etienne Chaufour
mandat=2008-2014|

Juvisy-sur-Orge is a commune of the Essonne "département" in France.

Geography

Neighboring communes:
* Athis-Mons
* Draveil
* Savigny-sur-Orge
* Viry-Châtillon

History

From 1882 to 1925 Juvisy-sur-Orge was the location of the astronomer Camille Flammarion's observatory, as well as the 1740 Pyramid erected to memorialize the work of Jean Picard and Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in measuring the earth's circumference.

It is also the birthplace of Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1943), film director, Christophe, singer and the burial site of author Raymond Queneau, also now represented by the Bibliothèque-Médiathèque Raymond Queneau.

Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was formatnum:11937. The estimate for 2005 was formatnum:13800.

Inhabitants of Juvisy-sur-Orge are known as "Juvisiens".

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

External links

* [http://www.mairie-juvisy.fr Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=91326 Mérimée database - Cultural heritage] fr icon
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos91326.html Land use (IAURIF)] en icon