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5 unusual facts about Évry, Essonne


Corbeil Cathedral

The facilities were however inadequate for the needs of an episcopal administration, and the new town of Évry was chosen as a better-situated new episcopal centre, although entirely lacking in any suitable church building.

Évry Cathedral

Évry Cathedral of the Resurrection (Cathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the new town of Évry (Essonne), France, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta.

French Argentine

Grand Bourg, named after the French village of Grand-Bourg, where the leader of the Argentine War of Independence, General José de San Martín, lived in exile - now a neighborhood of Évry.

Ma vie en rose

Although internationally presented as a Belgian film because of the nationality of Berliner, its director and co-screenwriter, the film is an international co-production between companies in Belgium, the United Kingdom and France — the majority of the production work was done by the French independent film house Haut et Court and the shooting took place south of Paris, France, near the commune of Évry.

Prix Herod

It was transferred to Évry in 1973, and from this point its distance was 1,600 metres.


1994 Jeux de la Francophonie

The 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as IIes Jeux de la Francophonie, (French for Francophone Games) were held in Paris/Évry-Bondoufle, France from July 5-13 1994.

Alphonse Lavallée

His son developed an arboretum in the park of the Château de Segrez in Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières (Essonne), which was one of the biggest in Europe at this time.

Altis Semiconductor

Altis is located on a 55 hectare site in Coudray-Montceaux and Corbeil-Essonnes (southern Paris area), at the heart of the technology campus “Essonne Nanopole”, gathering industry leaders.

Athis

Athis-Mons, a commune in the Essonne département, near Paris, France

Boutigny

Boutigny-sur-Essonne, a commune in the Essonne département, a suburb of Paris

Boutigny-sur-Essonne

The nearby villages are La Ferté-Alais (aerodrome of Cerny - Jean Baptiste Salis: Annual international meeting) and Milly-la-Forêt (house of Jean Cocteau, historical village).

Château de Farcheville

The Château de Farcheville is a 14th-century castle in the commune of Bouville near Paris in the département of Essonne.

Château de Mesnil-Voisin

The château de Mesnil-Voisin is a French château, located at the heart of the hamlet of "Mesnil-Voisin" in the commune of Bouray-sur-Juine in the department of Essonne.

Christian Berggren

During the following years he was a senior visiting fellow at AGSM, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales at Sydney, Australia in 1991-1992, a guest researcher at Okayama University, Japan in 1993 and at Université Évry in Paris in 1994.

CO Les Ulis

They are based in Les Ulis, Essonne and are currently playing in the Division Supérieure Régionale of Île-de-France, the seventh tier of the French football league system.

Didot family

Saint-Léger Didot devoted his attention to papermaking in the famous factory of Essonne, where one of his workers, Louis-Nicolas Robert invented a machine to make "endless" paper, and eventually 'sold' the patent to Didot.

Entelodon

Extensive remains of Entelodon deguilhemi were uncovered in Vayres-sur-Essonne, France.

Essonne

In June 1963 Carrefour S.A. opened the first hypermarket in the Paris region at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (although the word "hypermarché" was first used only in 1966).

Évry Cathedral

Twelve years later, in 1988, the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes and Évry Cathedral was commissioned from the Swiss architect Mario Botta.

FCF Juvisy

Football Club Féminin Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne is a French football club based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris.

Janémian

Built by a M. Janémian in Bièvres, Essonne, they had rear engines, transversely mounted, with chain drive to the rear wheels which were set closely together.

Jean Chalgrin

??-1778: Hunting lodge, "Rendez-vous de chasse de la Faisanderie" for the comte de Provence (Étiolles, Département Essonne),

Madeleine Schlumberger

The room at the Musée Paul Delouvrier was inaugurated in 2007: It is located in the modern cathedral of Évry, designed by the architect Mario Botta, near Paris.

Raintrap

Racing at age four, Raintrap was fourth in Englands Ascot Gold Cup then back in France won the Prix Du Carrousel at Evry.

Sainte-Geneviève Sports

Sainte-Geneviève Sports is a French football club based in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne).

TMSP

Telecom & Management SudParis, a group of two French Grande Ecole located in Évry, France


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