Grigny (French pronunciation: [ɡʁiɲi] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located 21.8 km (13.5 mi) from the center of Paris.
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Location of Grigny  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°39′22″N 2°23′06″E / 48.6562°N 2.3849°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Évry |
| Canton | Viry-Châtillon |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Rio[1] |
Area 1 | 4.87 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 27,257 |
| • Density | 5,600/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | French: grignois(e) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 91286 /91350 |
| Elevation | 32–84 m (105–276 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
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Transportation
editGrigny is served by Grigny-Centre station on Paris RER line D.
Avenue des Sablons
editThe Avenue des Sablons, about 10 km long, is the main thoroughfare of Grigny, a small town in the suburbs of Paris. A new town, developed in the 1970s, 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. It is located in the district of Grigny 2.
Crime
editThe city has one of the highest rates of poverty and crime in the Essonne. There have been riots, particularly in the area of the Grande Borne. There were overnight clashes in Grigny on 6–7 November 2005, which left 10 police injured, two seriously.[5]
On 8 July 2016, police investigated a burned car and were greeted by several bowling balls, glass bottles and stones thrown from towers. Five policemen were wounded by the missile throwing and it took reinforcements of the National Gendarmerie to restore calm.[6]
On 28 May 2016, a police car was destroyed and two police officers were injured in clashes with over one hundred youths. Some thirty people armed with stones, bottles and iron bars forced a police patrol to turn back and were later joined by 70 others. A single person was arrested.[7]
Notable people
edit- Amedy Coulibaly, one of three perpetrators of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
- Pierre-Paul Lemercier de La Rivière de Saint-Médard (1719-1801)
- Sandrine Bonnaire, actress
- Ronisia, singer
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Grigny, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "French violence hits fresh peak". 7 November 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Mendibure, Robert (8 July 2016). "Grigny : jets de boules de pétanque et de mortiers sur les policiers - Le Républicain". le-republicain.fr. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Grigny : Violents affrontements entre jeunes et policiers". 28 May 2016.
External links
edit- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- GIP de Grigny et de Viry-Châtillon: official website (in French)
- Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)
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