Limours
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Coat of arms of Limours Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Dourdan |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Limours |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Chantal Thiriet[1] |
Area 1 | 14.25 km2 (5.50 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91338 /91470 |
| Elevation | 100–177 m (328–581 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Limours, often referred to as Limours-en-Hurepoix (French pronunciation: [limuʁ] Audio file "Fr-Paris--Limours.ogg" not found) is a commune the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Limours is located 30 km (19 mi) from Paris.
Population
[edit | edit source]Inhabitants of Limours are known as Limouriens in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,264 | — |
| 1975 | 4,201 | +9.23% |
| 1982 | 4,774 | +1.84% |
| 1990 | 6,324 | +3.58% |
| 1999 | 6,465 | +0.25% |
| 2007 | 6,344 | −0.24% |
| 2012 | 6,560 | +0.67% |
| 2017 | 6,625 | +0.20% |
| Source: INSEE[2] | ||
Pays de Limours
[edit | edit source]Limours gives its name to, and is the most populated town of, the Communauté de communes du Pays de Limours, which aggregates fourteen Essonne communes. The administrative seat of the communauté, however, is in Briis-sous-Forges rather than Limours itself.[3]
List of Pays de Limours member towns:
- Angervilliers
- Boullay-les-Troux
- Briis-sous-Forges
- Courson-Monteloup
- Fontenay-lès-Briis
- Forges-les-Bains
- Gometz-la-Ville
- Janvry
- Les Molières
- Limours
- Pecqueuse
- Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard
- Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne
- Vaugrigneuse
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL) (N° SIREN : 249100074), BANATIC
External links
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- Limours city council website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)
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