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unusual facts about Grigny, Essonne


Mad in Paris

It was established in 1992 and was composed of eight musicians and one female singer, Ounsa, who respectively came from the southern suburbs of Paris (Créteil, Ivry et Grigny.


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.

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

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.

FCF Juvisy

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

Grigny

Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703), French Baroque organist and composer

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),

Nicolas de Grigny

By late 1697 de Grigny was appointed titular organist of Notre-Dame de Reims (the exact date of the appointment is not known), the city's famous cathedral in which French kings were crowned.

Sainte-Geneviève Sports

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


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