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Essonne (Department, France)

Last modified: 2009-11-07 by ivan sache
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[Flag of the General Council of Essonne]

Flag of the General Council of Essonne - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 December 2005

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Presentation of Essonne

Code: 91
Region: Île-de-France
Traditional provinces: Île-de-France, Orléanais
Bordering departments: Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne

Area: 1,804 km2
Population (1995): 1,145,900 inhabitants

Préfecture: Évry
Sous-préfectures: Étampes, Palaiseau
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 41 cantons, 196 communes.

The department is named after the river Essonne (90 km), tributary of Seine. It was created by Law of 10 July 1964, which dismembered the department of Seine-et-Oise. The administration of the department and its General Council became effective on 1 July 1968.
The Decree of 21 November 1969 transferred the municipalities of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble to the department of Yvelines. The Decree of 30 September 1974 merged the former municipality of Dommerville (Department of Eure-et-Loir) into the municipality of Angerville (Essonne).

Ivan Sache, 22 June 2009

Flag of the General Council of Essonne

The flag of the General Council of Essonne is blue with a white lettering "Essonne / LE CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL".
The ilmage shown above was made after a real flag observed on 21 June 2009 in the stadium of Le Coudray-Montceaux during the pedestrian race Les Foulées des Laveuses sponsored by the General Council.

Ivan Sache, 22 June 2009

Communauté d'Agglomération Seine-Essonne

[Flag of the Communaute Seine-Essonne]

Flag of the Communauté d'Agglomération Seine-Essonne - Image by Ivan Sache, 22 June 2009

The Communauté d'Agglomération Seine-Essonne was founded on 19 December 2002 by the municipalities of Corbeil-Essonnes, Le Coudray- Montceaux, Étiolles, Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil and Soisy-sur- Seine (alltogether, c. 65,000 inhabitants), superseding the Communauté de Communes Corbeil-Essonne - Le Coudray-Montceaux, itself founded in 1996.
The community has a status of &EAcute;tablissement Public de Coopération Intercommunale (EPCI, Public Agency of Intermunicipal Cooperation), with its seat at Le Coudray-Montceaux.

The flag of the community, seen on 21 June 2009 in the stadium of Le Coudray-Montceaux during the pedestrian race Les Foulées des Laveuses sponsored by the agency, is white with the logo of the community.
The logo of the community is made of a disk divided blue-green with a sinuous white line, recalling the letters "S" and "E" for the two rivers for which the community is named, the Seine and the Essonne, surmonted by "Seine Essonne / COMMUNAUTÉ D'AGGLOMÉRATION" in black letters.

[Former flag of the Communaute Seine-Essonne]

Former (?) flag of the Communauté d'Agglomération Seine-Essonne - Photo by Ivan Sache, 21 June 2009

During the same sports event, an other flag representing the community was used on the start line of the race. The flag is white with a different logo. The disk is divided by a dark blue line (instead of white), "Seine / Essonne", written in black italic letters is partially written on the disk, and "COMMUNAUTÉ D'AGGLOMÉRATION" is placed in an arched pattern just above the disk. Since the community website shows the logo of the first flag as official, this second flag must be obsolete.

Ivan Sache, 22 June 2009