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16 unusual facts about Corbeil


Alexandra Ermakova

Ermakova finished 10th in the senior all-round World Cup competition in Corbeil-Essonnes, France.

Altis Semiconductor

From 1999 to 2010, the Corbeil-Essonnes production site was operated by a joint venture between IBM Microelectronics (50%) and Infineon Technologies (50%).

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.

Charles II of Naples

# Margaret (1273– 31 December 1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine, married at Corbeil 16 August 1290 to Charles of Valois

Corbeil Cathedral

Corbeil Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil) in the town of Corbeil-Essonnes was the interim cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes.

Daria Dmitrieva

In 2009, Dmitrieva broke onto the international scene competing in important competitions like Corbeil-Essonnes.

In 2011, At the 2011 World Cup in Corbeil-Essonnes Dmitrieva won silver in all-around, she won another pair of silver medals in clubs and ribbon final.

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.

Exuperius of Bayeux

In the times of the invasion of the Vikings Exuperius’ relics were translated from Bayeux, and eventually were deposited at Corbeil; the Saint-Spire cathedral in Corbeil-Essonnes is dedicated to him.

Georges d'Amboise

On arriving at manhood d'Amboise attached himself to the party of Louis, duc d'Orléans, in whose cause he suffered imprisonment at Corbeil, and on whose return to the royal favor he was elevated to the archbishopric of Narbonne, (June 18, 1482) in which the pope refused to confirm him; after some time he changed his see for that of Rouen (1493).

Giovanni Antonio Galignani

The brothers established and endowed hospitals at Corbeil and at Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples

# Margaret (1273 – December 31, 1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine, married at Corbeil August 16, 1290 Charles of Valois, brother of king of France, and became ancestress of the Valois dynasty

Natalia Lipkovskaya

Lipkovskaya made her first international appearance at the 1995 tournament in Corbeil-Essonnes, ranking 7th and earning a gold medal at the 1995 World championship in Vienna for the team event.

Peter of Corbeil

Peter of Corbeil (died June 3, 1222), born at Corbeil, was a preacher and canon of Nôtre Dame de Paris, a scholastic philosopher and master of theology at the University of Paris, ca 1189.

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William died the following year in August 1211 at Corbeil, France.

William de Corbeil

Very little is known of William's early life or his family, except that he was born at Corbeil in the outskirts of Paris and that he had two brothers.