Boutigny-sur-Essonne

Boutigny-sur-Essonne
Boutigny-sur-Essonne
Commune
	The town hall of Boutigny-sur-Essonne
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°26′15″N 2°22′51″E / 48.4375°N 2.3808°ECoordinates: 48°26′15″N 2°22′51″E / 48.4375°N 2.3808°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Étampes
Canton	Mennecy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patricia Bergdolt
Area 1	16.20 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,974
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91099 /91820
Elevation	57–147 m (187–482 ft) ; (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Boutigny-sur-Essonne (French pronunciation: [butiɲi syʁ ɛsɔn] (listen), literally Boutigny on Essonne) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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).

To see in Boutigny: the golf course of Belesbat and its 17th-century old castle, cressonières, edges of the Essonne.

Boutigny-sur-Essonne is twinned with Lans, Austria, since April 23, 1961.

Inhabitants of Boutigny-sur-Essonne are known as Botignacois.

Geography[]

It is located 47 kilometers south-east of Paris, between Étampes and Corbeil-Essonnes. It is 23 kilometers south west of Évry, 16 kilometers east of Étampes, 6 kilometers south of La Ferté-Alais, 8 kilometers north west of Milly-la-Forêt, 20 kilometers south east of Arpajon, 21 kilometers south west of Corbeil-Essonnes, 24 kilometers south east of Montlhéry, 29 kilometers south east of Dourdan, 32 kilometers south east of Palaiseau. It is also located 67 kilometers away south west of its homonym Boutigny and Seine-et-Marne and 68 kilometers south east of Boutigny-Prouais in Eure-et-Loir department.

Environmental heritage[]

Decorated cave of Malabry
Boutigny-sur-Essonne was awarded by three flowers during the most flowered village and city competition. Water banks of Essonne and the woods surrounding the village have been listed to sensitive natural space by the conseil général de l'Essonne.