Grigny, Essonne

Grigny
Railway station
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location within Île-de-France region  Grigny
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Évry
Canton	Grigny
Intercommunality	Les Lacs de l'Essonne
Mayor	Claude Vazquez (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	32–84 m (105–276 ft)
Land area1	4.87 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population2	26,790  (2006)
- Density	5,501 /km2 (14,250 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	91286/ 91350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Grigny is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 21.8 km (13.5 mi) from the center of Paris.

Inhabitants of Grigny are known as Grignois.

Transportation

Grigny is served by Grigny – Centre station on Paris RER line D.

Avenue des Sablons

The Avenue des Sablons, about 10 km long, is the main thoroughfare of Grigny, a small town in the suburbs of Paris. A new town, under-populated in the 1980s, Grigny has been the target of massive investment in house construction. The Avenue des Sablons, as the town's main street, gives access to about 4,000 residential properties, and construction is still in progress. Many estate agents and letting agents are located here because of the great potential of the area.

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

Media related to Grigny (Essonne) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (French)
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)
• GIP de Grigny et de Viry-Châtillon: official website (French)