Les Ulis

Les Ulis is a commune in the outskirts of Paris with 24 641 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Essonne in the Ile- de -France region of France.

Geography

Les Ulis is located 23km southwest of the city center in the Unité urbaine of Paris.

History

The town of Les Ulis was on 17 February 1977 by the sub-prefecture Palaiseau an independent municipality. The settlement was founded in 1963 to 1979. Early as 1960, commentators have suggested the creation of new housing on the territory of the municipalities Bures- sur -Yvette and Orsay a large housing estate to build a so-called " zone à urbaniser s priorité " with 10,000 apartments.

Personalities

• The French international Thierry Henry was born in Les Ulis in 1977 and thus began his career as a footballer.
• Born in Senegal footballer Patrice Evra ( Manchester United) grew up in Les Ulis, where he lived from 1984 to 1998.
• The fencer Térence Joubert was born in Les Ulis.
• The athletes Sangouma Daniel and Jean -Charles Trouabal lived in Les Ulis.
• The Algerian- French rapper Sinik was born in Les Ulis.
• The Greek zyprischstämmige French rapper Diam's was raised in Les Ulis.
• The French model Noémie Lenoir was born in Les Ulis.
• The former speaker of the French Greens Stéphane Pocrain grew up in Les Ulis.
• The French writer Patrick Lapeyre works as a teacher at a school in Les Ulis.

Twinning

Les Ulis maintains since 1996 a partnership with Thetford in England. The partnership with Sédhiou in Senegal was established in 1998. Since 2011 the Portuguese town Sátão twinned with Les Ulis.

Economy

The Parc d' Activité de Courtabœuf, the largest with an area of ​​378 ha, more than 1,000 companies and 24,500 employees industrial area in Europe, extends to areas of the municipalities Villebon -sur -Yvette and Villejust but is for the most part on the territory of the municipality Les Ulis. Companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Apple Computer have their French headquarters here.