Chamarande

Chamarande
The château of Chamarande The château of Chamarande
Coat of arms
Chamarande
Location within Île-de-France region Chamarande
Coordinates:
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)
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

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

• The Château de Chamarande on the French Wikipedia (French)
• Official website of Chamarande (French)
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)