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Savigny-sur-Orge
Savigny-sur-Orge (, literally ''Savigny upon Orge'') is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.1 km (11.9 mi) from the center of Paris in the département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ... of Essonne. During the 2005 civil unrest in France, Savigny was the first city to implement a curfew. It is home to the Jean-Baptiste Corot High School, a twelfth-century château converted into a school and the former property of Marshal Davout. Inhabitants of Savigny-sur-Orge are known as ''Saviniens''. Writer Patrick Erouart-Siad (born 1955 in Savigny) won the 1993 Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie française. Louis-Nicolas Davout, a military commander under Napoleon, died in Savigny-sur-Orge while serving as mayor, and one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savigny-sur-Orge (Paris RER)
Savigny-sur-Orge is a railway station in Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, Paris, France. The station is on the Paris–Bordeaux railway and Grande Ceinture line, a freight railway around Paris. The station is served by Paris' express suburban rail system, the RER. The train services are operated by SNCF. History The station was opened in 1843. In May 1909 a venue for aviation races and exhibitions, Port-Aviation, opened to the public in Viry-Châtillon as the world's first purpose-built aerodrome. Savigny-sur-Orge station, about from Port-Aviation, served the airfield's distinguished visitors, while most of the general public attending events at Port-Aviation arrived from Paris by rail at Juvisy station in Juvisy-sur-Orge. The press and post card publishers habitually referred to Port-Aviation by the misnomers "Savigny Airfield" and "Juvisy Airfield," although the "Juvisy" misnomer became the dominant one for the airfield and has persisted ever since. The railway operator serving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juvisy Station
Juvisy is a railway station in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. The station was opened in 1840 and is on the Paris–Bordeaux railway, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-Montargis railway and Grande Ceinture line, a freight railway around Paris. The station is served by Paris' express suburban rail system, the RER Line C and RER Line D. The train services are operated by SNCF. A TGV high-speed service also serves the station. During a survey in 2015, the station served 33,426,629 passengers in that year. History On 17 September 1840, the Paris to Orléans Railway Company (Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, or PO) inaugurated the line from Paris-Austerlitz to Corbeil, following the left bank of the Seine. The presence of numerous mills along the Essonne River in Corbeil and the abundance of grain warehouses in the area justified the development of this route. Opened in 1843 by the Paris to Orléans Railway Company, the station became a shared facility i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshal Davout
Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (; 10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His talent for war, along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, earned him the nickname "The Iron Marshal" (''Le Maréchal de fer''). He is ranked along with Marshals André Masséna, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Jean Lannes as one of Napoleon, Napoleon's finest commanders. His loyalty and obedience to Napoleon were absolute. During his lifetime, Davout's name was commonly spelled Davoust - this spelling appears on the Arc de Triomphe and in much of the correspondence between Napoleon and his generals. Early life Davout was born in the small village of Annoux, Yonne, as the eldest son of Jean-François d'Avout (1739–1779), a cavalry officer and his wife (married in 1768) Françoise-Adélaïde Minard de Velars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Louis-Nicolas d'Avout (; 10 May 1770 – 1 June 1823), better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French people, French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. His talent for war, along with his reputation as a stern disciplinarian, earned him the nickname "The Iron Marshal" (''Le Maréchal de fer''). He is ranked along with Marshals André Masséna, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Jean Lannes as one of Napoleon, Napoleon's finest commanders. His loyalty and obedience to Napoleon were absolute. During his lifetime, Davout's name was commonly spelled Davoust - this spelling appears on the Arc de Triomphe and in much of the correspondence between Napoleon and his generals. Early life Davout was born in the small village of Annoux, Yonne, as the eldest son of Jean-François d'Avout (1739–1779), a cavalry officer and his wife (married in 1768) Françoise-Adélaïde Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Aviation
Port-Aviation was an airfield in the Communes of France, commune of Viry-Châtillon in Seine-et-Oise (now in Essonne), France. It operated as a popular air racing and aviation exhibition venue and hosted civilian flight schools from its opening in 1909 until the start of in 1914, then as a training center for military pilots during the war. Situated on land prone to flooding, it closed in 1918. In its earliest years it was an internationally important aviation center. Although designed as an aviation event venue rather than as a true airport or aerodrome, Viry-Châtillon claims for it the title of "world's first organized aerodrome." Although Port-Aviation was located entirely within Viry-Châtillon rather than on the territory of either Juvisy-sur-Orge or Savigny-sur-Orge, the press and post card publishers habitually — to the consternation of the civic leaders of Viry-Châtillon — referred to it as Juvisy Airfield (or variations such as Juvisy Aerodrome or simply Juvisy) or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viry-Châtillon
Viry-Châtillon () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Inhabitants of Viry-Châtillon are also known as ''Castelvirois'' in French. Sports The town is home to the women's football team Paris FC. It was also the base of the engine division of the Formula One constructor Renault from 1977 to 2025. Twin towns – sister cities Viry-Châtillon is twinned with: * Erftstadt, Germany * Wokingham, England, United Kingdom Transport Viry-Châtillon is served by Viry-Châtillon station on the Paris RER line D. Port-Aviation In May 1909 a venue for aviation races and exhibitions, Port-Aviation, opened to the public in Viry-Châtillon as the world's first purpose-built aerodrome. A popular attraction, it hosted aviation exhibitions and air races, attracting large crowds from Paris. It was the site of many aviation experiments and firsts and also hosted horse racing, bicycle racing, and cross country running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Erouart-Siad
Patrick Erouart-Siad, real name Patrick Erouart (born 16 January 1955, Savigny-sur-Orge) is a French writer. Biography Born of a French father and a Somali mother of Djibouti, he spent his early years in Djibouti, then returned to France in the Paris region, spent two years in Madagascar and four years in Senegal before traveling around the world. He was a resident of the Villa Médicis from 1989 to 1991, and has been living in New York city since 1996. He works with director Jacques Sarasin on a DVD and a film about Joseph Stiglitz. He has collaborated with magazines ''Géo'', ''Corto Maltese'', ''Actuel'', ''Cent idées'', ''Vogue'', ''l'Écho des savanes'', etc. He was a journalist and proofreader for ''Libération'' (1979–1984). Works *1965: Cahier de poésies *1985: ''Afrique du Sud : « Blanc honoraire »'', Ramsay *1987: ''Cahiers de la Mort-Colibri'', novel, Éditions du Seuil *1988: ''East Africa'' with Tim beddow *1992: ''Océanie'', prix Ève Delacroix of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Paris
The Metropolis of Greater Paris (, ),There is an English translation. also known as Greater Paris, is a ''métropole'' covering the Paris, City of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs that was created from Sarkozy's renovation of the city. The ''métropole'' came into existence on 1 January 2016; it comprises 130 Communes of France, communes, including Paris and all 123 communes in the surrounding inner-suburban departments of the ''Petite Couronne'' (Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne), plus seven communes in two of the outer-suburban departments, including the communes of Argenteuil in Val-d'Oise, Savigny-sur-Orge, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Viry-Châtillon and Paray-Vieille-Poste in Essonne, the last of which covers part of Orly Airport. Part of the ''métropole'' comprises the Seine (department), Seine department, which existed from 1929 to 1968. Grand Paris covers 814 square kilometers (314 square miles), and has a population of over 7 million. The ''métropol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Essonne Department
The following is a list of the 194 communes of the Essonne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. *Métropole du Grand Paris (partly) * * Communauté d'agglomération Étampois Sud Essonne * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RER C
RER C is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south. Briefly, between September 1979 and May 1980, the line was known as the ''Transversal Rive Gauche''. The line is operated by SNCF. The line runs from the northern termini Pontoise (C1), Versailles-Château-Rive-Gauche (C5) and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (C7) to the southern termini Massy-Palaiseau (C2), Dourdan-la-Forêt (C4) and Saint-Martin d'Étampes (C6). The RER C line is the second-longest in the network, created from an amalgamation and renovation of several old SNCF commuter lines, unlike RER A and B which had newer sections owned and constructed by RATP. Each day, over 531 trains run on the RER C alone, and carries over 540,000 passengers daily, 150,000 passengers more than the entirety of the TGV network. It is the most popular RER li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orge
The Orge () is a long river in France, left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in the village Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt. Its course crosses the '' départements'' of Yvelines and Essonne. It flows northwest through the towns of Dourdan, Saint-Chéron, Breuillet, Arpajon, Savigny-sur-Orge, and Viry-Châtillon, finally flowing into the Seine in Athis-Mons, south of Paris. The towns located on the banks of the river usually have s/ Orge added to their name (i.e. Épinay-sur-Orge, Longpont-sur-Orge, Villiers-sur-Orge). The Yvette is a tributary of the Orge. Promenade de l'Orge Many of the local councils maintain parks on the banks of the river. A ''syndicat'' has been formed to link the parks of 32 communes. The result is a footpath that ends in Athis-Mons, where the Orge flows into the Seine. Bicycles are allowed on the footpath although pedestrians have right of way. Motorised vehicles are not allowed. Port-Aviation In May 1909 a venue for aviation races and exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juvisy-sur-Orge
Juvisy-sur-Orge (, literally ''Juvisy on Orge'') is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located southeast of Paris and a few kilometres south of Orly Airport. The city is known for Gare de Juvisy, the fourth largest and most-frequented railway station in the Grand Paris. Geography Juvisy-sur-Orge is located south of Paris, in the Grand Paris (Greater Paris), and is north of Évry. Neighboring communes are: * Athis-Mons * Draveil * Savigny-sur-Orge * Viry-Châtillon Transportation Motorists can reach Juvisy-sur-Orge via National Road N°.7 ('' Route nationale 7''). Rail service to the city is by Juvisy station (''Gare de Juvisy'') on Paris RER (''Réseau express régional'', i.e., Regional Express Network) lines C and D. History People have occupied the site of Juvisy-sur-Orge since ancient times; Julius Caesar notes it in ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'', his book about the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC) published between 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
