Palaiseau | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 Palaiseau Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Location of Palaiseau  | |
  Palaiseau  Palaiseau | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′52″N 2°14′45″E / 48.7145°N 2.2457°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Palaiseau |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris-Saclay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Grégoire De Lasteyrie[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.51 km2 (4.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 34,893 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91477 /91120 |
| Elevation | 47–159 m (154–522 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Palaiseau (French pronunciation: [palɛzo]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.9 km (10.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. Palaiseau is a sub-prefecture of the Essonne department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Palaiseau.
Palaiseau was a royal domain in the 6th century then again in the 18th century on the important road from Chartres to Paris. The population grew from the 19th century with the arrival of the railway connecting the town to Paris. Palaiseau then became a vacation spot, writers such as George Sand, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Péguy built their villas near the stations. A ranking from the newspaper Le Parisien in 2018 ranks Palaiseau as the third town in Essonne where it is good to be a parent.[3]
The town is home to several major French "Grandes écoles" on its territory: the École Polytechnique, the Institut d'optique Graduate School, ENSTA ParisTech, ENSAE ParisTech, the Institut Mines-Télécom, AgroParisTech as well as research centers Onera, Danone, Thales and EDF.
Inhabitants of Palaiseau are known as Palaisiens.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ à 12h10, Par Cécile Chevallier Le 23 mai 2018 (2018-05-23). "Palmarès des villes d'Ile-de-France où il fait bon être parent : Orsay mise sur le sport et la culture". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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