Fleury-Mérogis

Fleury- Mérogis is a commune with 9110 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Essonne in the Ile- de -France region. She is known by the heads of state and high-security prison of the same name.

Geography

Fleury- Mérogis located 26 kilometers south of Paris, 6.1 kilometers west of Evry, the seat of the Prefecture for the district, 3.7 kilometers southeast of Morsang -sur -Orge, the capital of the canton and 2.3 kilometers southeast of Sainte- Geneviève -des- Bois, the capital of the local Association Val d' Orge, to an average height of 89 meters above sea level. The Mairie stands at a height of 90 meters. Neighboring communities of Fleury- Mérogis are Sainte -Geneviève -des- Bois in the northwest, Grigny in the northeast, southeast and Bondoufle in Le Plessis- Pâté in the southwest. The municipality has an area of ​​651 hectares.

The municipality is one of the type Cfb climate zone ( Köppen and Geiger after ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.

The prison

The prison Fleury- Mérogis is a Maison d' arrêt and thus primarily intended to accommodate remand prisoners and short Criminal learning. With his 2855 detention centers (January 2013) it is the largest prison in Europe. It was built in the 1960s reinforced concrete. Besides the main building can be found as a satellite stations, which are spatially separated from the main institution, an institution for young prisoners and female prisoners.

In the prison of Fleury- Mérogis sat or sit among other French criminals and political opponents of France as Jacques Mesrine (1936-1979), members of Action Directe or members of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) from their sentences.

Culture and sights

The church of Saint - Rédempteur (, Church of the Redeemer ') belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evry. The original church of Fleury was the chapel of the medieval castle. When the castle was destroyed in 1722, the church was destroyed. On the foundations of the Church, a new church was built in 1725. The interior was completely redone at that time. During World War II (1939-1945), the building was damaged. In 1982 it was restored and the windows replaced with modern windows. Two of the picture frame from the 18th century have been classified as a historical monument in 1930 and 1971 brought to the Mairie.

In the detention center, there is a also a Catholic Chapel.