Chamarande

Chamarande is a commune of Essonne department in the southern suburbs of Paris.

Chamarande
The château of Chamarande
Coat of arms
Location of Chamarande
Chamarande
Chamarande
Coordinates: 48°30′48″N 2°13′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementÉtampes
CantonDourdan
IntercommunalityEntre Juine et Renarde
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Marie-Hélène Jolivet-Béal
Area
1
5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,147
  Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91132 /91730
Elevation62–155 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.

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

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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