Juvisy-sur-Orge
Juvisy -sur -Orge is a commune with 14,924 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Essonne in the Ile- de -France region. It belongs to Arrondissement Palaiseau and community association Portes de l' Essonne.
Geography
Juvisy -sur -Orge is located approximately 18 kilometers south of Paris in the densely populated southern part of the metropolitan area of Paris. With the downtown area of the French capital Juvisy -sur -Orge is a national N7 directly on the route. About four kilometers north of the city is Paris-Orly Airport. The city lies on the Orge, the Seine forms the eastern boundary of the municipality.
Juvisy -sur -Orge is located in the Paris basin, the soils are dominated by limestones. The region is dominated by a maritime climate with cool winters and mild summers.
History
Commentarii de Bello Gallico In his Gaius Iulius Caesar mentions the city in 52 BC as Metiosedium.
In the 12th century Benedictine laid the swamps of the region dry and built a monastery. 1304 was the monastery on the property of the Benedictine monks of Notre- Dame -de -Champs, in 1356 it fell to Perrin du Chemin. Since the rule was on the road from Paris to Fontainebleau, French kings were often a guest and as a small royal residence was built. 1630 acquired the squire Antoine Rossignol des Roches Castle, built on it and had repeatedly Louis XIII. a guest. 1647 a park overlooking the Seine was created at the request of Louis XIV. 1717 was the possession of Louis de Branca. 1730 the lodging facility of the king was replaced by a postal station. 1807 acquired the Comte de Monttessuy possession.
1840, a station was inaugurated in 1864 was added a freight depot. 1900 acquired the municipality of the castle. The Dominicans built a monastery on the plateau and built a chapel. On 18 April 1944, the city was deliberately destroyed as a strategic point of Allied bombers. After the Second World War Juvisy was rebuilt and swallowed by the sprawling metropolitan region soon. 1968 a bridge over the Seine for was opened to traffic.
Transport links
Juvisy has its own train station. Here, on lines C and D of the RER and TGV from Toulouse to Paris via Orléans. In the coming years, the city will be connected via the tram line 7 to the center of Paris. The city is located just 4 km south of the airport Paris -Orly. Main Street is the National Route N7, which runs through the village and leads from Paris to Fontainebleau. Several bus lines connect the Paris suburbs in the south with each other, including the municipal utility of Athis-Mons, the buses of the Seine- Sénart and the Paris night bus routes.
Sports
In the municipality is one of the two most successful French women's football clubs, the FCF Juvisy Essonne, a resident.
Twinning
- Thale in Germany
- Tilabéri in Niger
Personalities
- Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), Astronomer
- Raymond Queneau (1903-1976), writer
- Jean -Jacques Annaud ( born 1943 ), film director
- Pierre Dervaux (1917-1992), conductor
- Alexandre Prémat (* 1982 ), race car driver
- Ladji Doucouré ( b. 1983 ), athlete
The Orge in the city center
The train station of Juvisy
The observatory Camille Flammarion