Villiers-sur-Orge

Villiers-sur-Orge
Villiers-sur-Orge
Commune
	The town hall in Villiers-sur-Orge
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°39′27″N 2°18′00″E / 48.6574°N 2.3001°ECoordinates: 48°39′27″N 2°18′00″E / 48.6574°N 2.3001°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
Intercommunality	CA Cœur d'Essonne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Fraysse
Area 1	1.78 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	4,592
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91685 /91700
Elevation	37–89 m (121–292 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villiers-sur-Orge is a commune in the arrondissement of Palaiseau, in the Essonne department, in the Île-de-France region.

Inhabitants of Villiers-sur-Orge are known as Villiérains.

Sites of interest[]

Town hall
Saint-Claude chapel

Location and transport[]

As the name suggests Villiers-sur-Orge is situated on the bank of the small river Orge. The Orge separates Villiers-sur-Orge from neighbouring Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.

Villiers-sur-Orge is located in the southern suburbs (banlieue) of Paris, France and can be accessed by car from the Francilienne ring road and the A6 motorway (part of the Autoroute du Soleil). The nearest train station is in neighbouring Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (RER line C).

Town Hall
The Orge

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.