Draveil

Draveil
Commune
The town hall of Draveil
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Draveil
Draveil Draveil
Coordinates: 48°41′07″N 2°24′29″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Évry
Canton	Draveil
Intercommunality	CA Val d'Yerres Val de Seine
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Georges Tron (LR)
Area 1	15.75 km2 (6.08 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	28,647
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91201 /91210
Elevation	32–87 m (105–285 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Draveil is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.1 km (11.9 mi) from the center of Paris.

The former village of Champrosay is now part of the commune. Draveil is situated between the banks of the Seine and the Forest of Sénart which gives the whole town a very green environment. In fact, the official motto of the town in Latin is "Inter undas et arbores", which can be translated into English as "between water and trees", a reference to its location between the Seine and the forest of Sénart. Hardly a third of Draveil's area has been developed. Draveil also hosts a very large green park called the "Base de loisirs du Port-aux-Cerises" that covers overs 175 hectares is host to trees, lakes and activity areas including a horse-riding club, an amusement park for children, an open-air swimming-pool, football field, tennis courts, acrobranche rope park, a small marina with berthing space for about thirty boats, etc.

Inhabitants of Draveil are known as Draveillois.

History

Human presence in Draveil during the Neolithic period is attested by the discovery of a menhir called the "Pierre à Mousseaux" dating from the fourth millennium BC and confirmed by the presence of tools and weapons in flint cut found in the Mainville quarter of Draveil. The Gauls named the place Dracvern meaning "the spirit of the Alder". The Romans called it Dravernum. In the Merovingian period a money minting facility was installed here, which minted one-third of a gold sol called "Draverno".

Famous inhabitants

A list of famous people who were either born or lived in Draveil include : Eugène Delacroix, Ivan Turgenev, Nadar, Edmond de Goncourt, Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg, Alphonse Daudet, Marie Laurencin and Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Transport

Draveil is not served by the Paris Métro or the RER. The decision to exclude Draveil from Paris RER lines was taken in order to discourage land developers from building high-rise constructions. The closest station to Draveil is Juvisy station, which is a big station with two RER lines to reach the centre of Paris : RER line C and RER line D. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Juvisy-sur-Orge, 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town center of Draveil. Many buses ply regularly between many areas in Draveil to Juvisy station round-the-clock on a regular basis. Fares for the buses are included in the Navigo_pass. Buses from Draveil also serve Orly Airport , Rungis International Market and other neighbouring towns.

Gallery

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  The Château des Bergeries
• 
  Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Seine à Champrosay (1876)

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association Template:Fr icon

External links

• Draveil town council website (in French)
• Tourism office webpage (in French)
• Draveil children amusement park website (in French)
• Champrosay area (in French)