Arrondissement of Palaiseau

Palaiseau
Arrondissement of France
Location of Palaiseau in Essonne
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Communes	65
Subprefecture	Palaiseau
Area¹
• Total	459 km^2 (177 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	591,315
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,300/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Palaiseau is an arrondissement of France in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 65 communes.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Palaiseau are:

• Arpajon (partly)
• Athis-Mons
• Brétigny-sur-Orge
• Dourdan (partly)
• Gif-sur-Yvette
• Longjumeau
• Massy
• Palaiseau
• Ris-Orangis (partly)
• Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (partly)
• Savigny-sur-Orge
• Les Ulis

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Palaiseau, and their INSEE codes, are:

1. Arpajon (91021)	2. Athis-Mons (91027)	3. Avrainville (91041)	4. Ballainvilliers (91044)
5. Bièvres (91064)	6. Boullay-les-Troux (91093)	7. Briis-sous-Forges (91111)	8. Bruyères-le-Châtel (91115)
9. Brétigny-sur-Orge (91103)	10. Bures-sur-Yvette (91122)	11. Champlan (91136)	12. Cheptainville (91156)
13. Chilly-Mazarin (91161)	14. Courson-Monteloup (91186)	15. Fontenay-lès-Briis (91243)	16. Forges-les-Bains (91249)
17. Gif-sur-Yvette (91272)	18. Gometz-la-Ville (91274)	19. Gometz-le-Châtel (91275)	20. Guibeville (91292)
21. Igny (91312)	22. Janvry (91319)	23. Juvisy-sur-Orge (91326)	24. La Norville (91457)
25. La Ville-du-Bois (91665)	26. Le Plessis-Pâté (91494)	27. Les Molières (91411)	28. Les Ulis (91692)
29. Leudeville (91332)	30. Leuville-sur-Orge (91333)	31. Limours (91338)	32. Linas (91339)
33. Longjumeau (91345)	34. Longpont-sur-Orge (91347)	35. Marcoussis (91363)	36. Marolles-en-Hurepoix (91376)
37. Massy (91377)	38. Montlhéry (91425)	39. Morangis (91432)	40. Nozay (91458)
41. Ollainville (91461)	42. Orsay (91471)	43. Palaiseau (91477)	44. Paray-Vieille-Poste (91479)
45. Pecqueuse (91482)	46. Saclay (91534)	47. Saint-Aubin (91538)	48. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (91552)
49. Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard (91560)	50. Saint-Michel-sur-Orge (91570)	51. Saint-Vrain (91579)	52. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (91549)
53. Saulx-les-Chartreux (91587)	54. Savigny-sur-Orge (91589)	55. Vaugrigneuse (91634)	56. Vauhallan (91635)
57. Verrières-le-Buisson (91645)	58. Villebon-sur-Yvette (91661)	59. Villejust (91666)	60. Villemoisson-sur-Orge (91667)
61. Villiers-le-Bâcle (91679)	62. Villiers-sur-Orge (91685)	63. Wissous (91689)	64. Égly (91207)
65. Épinay-sur-Orge (91216)

Sub-prefects

• Jean Dussourd : 1990-1992

External links

• Palaiseau on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)

Coordinates: 48°42′44″N 2°14′05″E / 48.71222°N 2.23472°E