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Leuville-sur-Orge is a small French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 town, south of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is situated in the Essonne
Essonne

Essonne is a France departments of France in the regions of France of ?le-de-France . It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise department....
 department of the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 region.

ated 25km south of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Neighbouring towns: Linas
Linas, Essonne

Linas is a town and a Communes of France in the Essonne Departments of France, in the France Regions of France of ?le-de-France .The famous motor racing circuit Autodrome de Linas-Montlh?ry, is located across the communes of Linas, Bruy?res-le-Ch?tel and Ollainville....
, Longpont-sur-Orge
Longpont-sur-Orge

Longpont-sur-Orge is a town and a Communes of France in the Essonne Departments of France, in the France Regions of France of ?le-de-France ....
, Brétigny-sur-Orge
Brétigny-sur-Orge

Br?tigny-sur-Orge is a commune in France in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, and Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon

Saint-Germain-l?s-Arpajon is a Communes of France of the canton in France of Arpajon in the D?partement in France of the Essonne. It is a suburb of Paris, located at to the south of Paris via the Route nationale 20, and north of ?tampes....
. It is served by the RN20
Route nationale 20

The Route nationale 20 is a trunk road between Paris and the frontier with Spain heading south through the heart of France and passing through the Cathedral City of Orl?ans and Toulouse....
 and A104
Francilienne

The Francilienne is a partial ring road around ?le-de-France , France, lying outside the A86 autoroute.The planned ring is approximately 50 km in diameter, similar in size to the M25 motorway....
 motorways.

he middle ages, Leuville-sur-Orge belonged to the fiefdom of Montlhéry
Montlhéry

Montlh?ry is a commune in France of the Essonne D?partements of France, in France. It is located from Paris....
. The Leuvillois took part in feudal wars on behalf of the fiefdom of Montlhéry and the abbey of Longpont.






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Leuville-sur-Orge is a small French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 town, south of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is situated in the Essonne
Essonne

Essonne is a France departments of France in the regions of France of ?le-de-France . It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise department....
 department of the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 region.

Geography

Situated 25km south of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Neighbouring towns: Linas
Linas, Essonne

Linas is a town and a Communes of France in the Essonne Departments of France, in the France Regions of France of ?le-de-France .The famous motor racing circuit Autodrome de Linas-Montlh?ry, is located across the communes of Linas, Bruy?res-le-Ch?tel and Ollainville....
, Longpont-sur-Orge
Longpont-sur-Orge

Longpont-sur-Orge is a town and a Communes of France in the Essonne Departments of France, in the France Regions of France of ?le-de-France ....
, Brétigny-sur-Orge
Brétigny-sur-Orge

Br?tigny-sur-Orge is a commune in France in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, and Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon

Saint-Germain-l?s-Arpajon is a Communes of France of the canton in France of Arpajon in the D?partement in France of the Essonne. It is a suburb of Paris, located at to the south of Paris via the Route nationale 20, and north of ?tampes....
. It is served by the RN20
Route nationale 20

The Route nationale 20 is a trunk road between Paris and the frontier with Spain heading south through the heart of France and passing through the Cathedral City of Orl?ans and Toulouse....
 and A104
Francilienne

The Francilienne is a partial ring road around ?le-de-France , France, lying outside the A86 autoroute.The planned ring is approximately 50 km in diameter, similar in size to the M25 motorway....
 motorways.

History

In the middle ages, Leuville-sur-Orge belonged to the fiefdom of Montlhéry
Montlhéry

Montlh?ry is a commune in France of the Essonne D?partements of France, in France. It is located from Paris....
. The Leuvillois took part in feudal wars on behalf of the fiefdom of Montlhéry and the abbey of Longpont. During the famous battle of Montlhéry (July 13, 1465) between Louis XI and Charles le Téméraire, the population of Leuville (approximately 50) was halved.

During the 16th century the village belonged to the Olivier de Leuville family who built a castle. The castle now no longer exists nor do any remains. The castle (that can be seen today) of Leuville dates back to the 18th century.

During the French revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 (1789–1799), Leuville served as a refuge for Lacépède
Bernard Germain Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède

Bernard-Germain-?tienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lac?p?de or La C?p?de was a France natural history....
, protegé of Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French Natural history, mathematician, cosmology and encyclopedic author. His collected information influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Cuvier....
 and a knowledgeable botanist, whilst fleeing the reign of terror in Paris.

More recently in 1922, it was a refuge of the then exiled Georgia
Democratic Republic of Georgia

The Democratic Republic of Georgia , 1918?1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia .The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917....
n prime minister Noe Zhordania
Noe Zhordania

Noe Zhordania was a Georgia n journalist and Menshevik politician. He played an eminent role in the Social Democracy revolutionary movement in Imperial Russia, and later chaired the government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia from July 24 1918 until March 18 1921, when the Bolshevik Russian SFSR Red Army invasion of Georgia forced him...
 and his government-in-exile
Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in Exile

The Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia continued to function as the government in exile after the Russian SFSR Red Army invasion of Georgia and the Bolsheviks took over the country early in 1921....
 who settled there.

Leuville used to be a farming community which supplied Paris with agricultural produce. This was helped by it’s location on the «Voie Royale», a major road connecting Orléans
Orléans

Orl?ans is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret Departments of France and of the Centre R?gion in France....
 and Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 which gave easy access to the nation’s capital. Produce was originally transported by foot, then by cart, and eventually by train, thanks to the famous Arpajon
Arpajon

Arpajon is a Communes of the Essonne d?partement in the Essonne D?partement in France in the ?le-de-France r?gion in France in northern France....
nais railroad. The main agricultural produce of the town were potatoes, pumpkins and wine.

Demographics

At the 1999 census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
, the population was . The estimate for 2005 was .

Inhabitants of Leuville-sur-Orge are known as Leuvillois and Leuvilloises.

Twin towns

  • Flag of Georgia
    Mtskheta
    Mtskheta

    Mtskheta , one of the oldest cities of the country of Georgia , is located approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Tbilisi at the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers....
    , Georgia
    Georgia (country)

    Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
    , 2001


See also

  • Leuville Cemetery
  • Communes of the Essonne department


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