Chamarande

Chamarande

The château of Chamarande

Coat of arms
Chamarande

Coordinates: 48°30′48″N 2°13′03″E / 48.5133°N 2.2175°E / 48.5133; 2.2175Coordinates: 48°30′48″N 2°13′03″E / 48.5133°N 2.2175°E / 48.5133; 2.2175
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Étampes
Canton Étréchy
Intercommunality Entre Juine et Renarde
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marie-Hélène Jolivet-Béal
Area1 5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,088
 • Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 91132 / 91730
Elevation 62–155 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chamarande 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

References

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