Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne
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| Commune of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Val d'Orge |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 9.27 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
33,900 32,125 |
| - Density (2005) | 3,657/km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 23.5 km. (14.6 miles) from the center of Paris.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois recently gained notoriety because the discovery of Ilan Halimi's body occurred there.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois lies just north of junction 42 on the orbital Francilienne autoroute.
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[edit] Sights
Attractions include the Donjon, a park with animals, a grotto and an orthodox Russian Cemetery. Rudolph Nureyev, the famous ballet dancer is buried there in a spectacural tomb covered with mosiac decoration to represent a traditional russian blanket.
Nearby, there is parkland which borders on the river Orge (a tributary of the Seine) and a campsite at Villiers-sur-Orge.
[edit] Transport
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is served by Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois station on Paris RER line C.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] English Speaking Expatriates
Banlieue towns of the Île de France tend to depend a lot on Paris for administration purposes and other facilities. The centre of Paris is also a haven for several English speaking nationalities and EU expatriates, however in outlying towns such as this one there isn't the network that caters for these groups.
Generally, via the internet, a look on services such as Yahoo Groups can yield a few useful resources with expat groups such as Live in France, English Speakers in France, Paris Sud or Webvivant. All of these can provide much needed advice and friendship to English speaking residents of the Île de France.
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