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Orsay is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 of 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....
, 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...
 located in the southwestern suburbs 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 . (12.9 miles) from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero

In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
.

e has been a village called Orsay on this site since 999
999

Events...
, and the first church there was consecrated in 1157. From the sixteenth century, the town and surrounding area were owned by the Boucher family, and it was in honour of this family that Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
 gave the quai d'Orsay
Quai d'Orsay

The Quai d'Orsay is a quai in the VIIe arrondissement of Paris, part of the left bank of the Seine, and the name of the street along it....
 its name.






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Orsay is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 of 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....
, 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...
 located in the southwestern suburbs 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 . (12.9 miles) from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero

In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
.

History

There has been a village called Orsay on this site since 999
999

Events...
, and the first church there was consecrated in 1157. From the sixteenth century, the town and surrounding area were owned by the Boucher family, and it was in honour of this family that Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
 gave the quai d'Orsay
Quai d'Orsay

The Quai d'Orsay is a quai in the VIIe arrondissement of Paris, part of the left bank of the Seine, and the name of the street along it....
 its name. This is the reason that the Musée d'Orsay
Musée d'Orsay

The Mus?e d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and Fine art photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces...
 is not in Orsay. In the eighteenth century, the family of Grimod du Fort
Pierre Grimod du Fort

Pierre Grimaud du Fort was a fermier g?n?ral and art collector under Louis XV, and a member of the famous Grimaud family. One of the richest fermiers, he was also superintendent of the Post Office....
 bought the land and received the title of comte d'Orsay. In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian war, Orsay was occupied by the Prussian army. 88 young "Orcéens" were killed in the First World War.

In 1957, largely due to the influence of Frédéric
Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Jean Fr?d?ric Joliot-Curie was a French physicist and Nobel laureate....
 and Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie

Ir?ne Joliot-Curie was a French people scientist, the daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Fr?d?ric Joliot-Curie. Jointly with her husband, Joliot-Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity....
, the Institut de physique nucléaire
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

The Institut National de Physique Nucl?aire et de Physique des Particules, better known as IN2P3, is a French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique institute created in 1971....
 (nuclear physics institute) was opened in the Chevreuse valley, and the region, especially Orsay, became an important scientific centre. Another development was the creation of the université de Paris-Sud
University of Paris-Sud

Paris-Sud 11 University is a France university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris . The main campus is located in Orsay ....
, whose most important faculty is the faculty of science.

On February 19, 1977, a part of the territory of Orsay was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Bures-sur-Yvette
Bures-sur-Yvette

Bures-sur-Yvette is a France Commune in France, located in the Essonne D?partements of France in the ?le-de-France R?gions of France....
 to create the commune of Les Ulis
Les Ulis

Les Ulis is a ?le-de-France commune in France of Essonne located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is 23 km from the Kilometre Zero....
.

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 Orsay are known as Orcéens.

Transport

Orsay is served by two stations on Paris RER line B
RER B

The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris, France.The line runs from Robinson and Saint-R?my-l?s-Chevreuse to A?roport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye ...
: Le Guichet
Le Guichet (Paris RER)

Le Guichet is one of the two station of Orsay, near Paris, in France. It's also the name of a district of this town.This station is built on a bridge, above the national road 118....
 and Orsay – Ville.

Neighborhoods of Orsay

  • Le Guichet
  • Mondétour
  • Le Petit Madagascar
  • Corbeville


Nearby towns

  • Bures-sur-Yvette
    Bures-sur-Yvette

    Bures-sur-Yvette is a France Commune in France, located in the Essonne D?partements of France in the ?le-de-France R?gions of France....
  • Gif-sur-Yvette
    Gif-sur-Yvette

    Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune in France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
  • Saclay
    Saclay

    Saclay is a commune in France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero.It is best known for the large scientific facility CEA Saclay, mostly dealing with nuclear and particle physics....
  • Palaiseau
    Palaiseau

    Palaiseau is a commune in France in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero. Palaiseau is a sous-pr?fecture of the Essonne d?partement in France, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Palaiseau....
  • Villebon-sur-Yvette
    Villebon-sur-Yvette

    Villebon-sur-Yvette is a town and Communes of France in the Essonne Departments of France, in the Regions of France of ?le-de-France ....
  • Les Ulis
    Les Ulis

    Les Ulis is a ?le-de-France commune in France of Essonne located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is 23 km from the Kilometre Zero....


Places of worship


Orsay has one Catholic church — Saint-Martin – Saint-Laurent, opposite the town hall, which boasts a fine organ.

Civil heritage


Forested areas

  • The Bois des Rames around the university campus
  • The Bois Persan
  • Parc botanique de Launay
    Parc botanique de Launay

    The Parc botanique de Launay , sometimes known as the Parc botanique d'Orsay or the Parc de l'Universit? Paris XI, is a botanical garden located on the Paris-Sud 11 University campus at 3 rue Georges-Clemenceau, Orsay, Essonne, ?le-de-France, France, and open daily; admission is free....


Architecture

  • la Grande Bouvêche
  • la Pacaterie
  • le Temple de la Gloire
  • le château de Corbeville


Notable residents

  • Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt.
    Oswald Mosley

    Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet was a United Kingdom politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists....
    , leader of the British Union of Fascists
    British Union of Fascists

    The British Union of Fascists was a political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by a former Labour Party government minister and former Member of Parliament of the Conservative Party , Oswald Mosley....
    .
  • Lady Diana Mosley
    Diana Mitford

    Diana Mitford, Lady Mosley , was one of Britain's noted Mitford sisters. She married Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, in 1936, at the home of Joseph Goebbels, with Adolf Hitler as guest of honour....
    , one of the Mitford sisters and wife of Sir Oswald Mosley.
  • Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
    Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

    Edward VIII was Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the dominion, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936, following the death of his father, George V of the United Kingdom, until his abdication on 11 December 1936....
    , later Duke of Windsor after abdicating the throne and marrying American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
  • Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, American wife of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
    Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

    Edward VIII was Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the dominion, and Emperor of India from 20 January 1936, following the death of his father, George V of the United Kingdom, until his abdication on 11 December 1936....
    .

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