Juvisy-sur-Orge

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Coordinates: 48°41′20″N 2°22′42″E / 48.6889, 2.3783

Commune of Juvisy-sur-Orge
Location
Juvisy-sur-Orge (France)
Juvisy-sur-Orge
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Palaiseau
Canton Juvisy-sur-Orge
(chief town)
Intercommunality CC des Portes de l'Essonne
Mayor Etienne Chaufour
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 32 m–92 m
(avg. 36 m)
Land area¹ 2.24 km²
Population²
 11,937
 - Density 5,329/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 91326/ 91260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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

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[edit] Geography

Neighboring communes:

[edit] 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.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 11,937. The estimate for 2005 was 13,800.

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

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