Chamarande

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Commune in Île-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Patrick De Luca^[1]Area5.74 km² (2.22 sq mi)Population1,119 • Density190/km² (500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation62–155 m (203–509 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chamarande (French pronunciation: [ʃamaʁɑ̃d] ^ⓘ) is a commune of Essonne department in the southern suburbs of Paris.

Inhabitants of Chamarande are known as Chamarandais.

History

Initially, this village was named Bonnes. In 1685, d'Ornaison family, the owner of the village and its château, gained permission from the French king to change the name to Chamarande. A later owner, the Duc de Persigny, was Minister of the Interior under Napoléon III and a financial backer of the building of the Paris-Orléans rail station in the village, today an RER C station.

Geography

The Juine forms the commune's eastern border.

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

• The Château de Chamarande on the French Wikipedia (in French)
• Official website of Chamarande (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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