Mennecy | ||
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The town hall in Mennecy
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Coordinates: 48°33′58″N 2°26′13″E / 48.5661°N 2.4369°ECoordinates: 48°33′58″N 2°26′13″E / 48.5661°N 2.4369°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Essonne | |
Arrondissement | Évry | |
Canton | Mennecy | |
Intercommunality | Val d'Essonne | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Xavier Dugoin | |
Area1 | 11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 13,448 | |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 91386 /91540 | |
Elevation | 42–97 m (138–318 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Mennecy is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
It is 33km south-east of Paris and crossed by the Essonne river. Inhabitants of Mennecy are known as Menneçois.
Mennecy is 33 kilometers south east of Paris-Notre-Dame, point zero from roads of France, 8 kilometers south of Évry, 6 kilometers south west of Corbeil-Essonnes, 11 kilometers north east of La Ferté-Alais, 14 kilometers east of Arpajon, 15 kilometers south east of Montlhéry, 19 kilometers north of Milly-la-Forêt, 22 kilometers south east of Palaiseau, 25 kilometers north east of Étampes, 31 kilometers north east of Dourdan.
Mennecy is twinned with the villages Countesthorpe in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, Occhiobello in Italy and Renningen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Many famous people was born, lived or died in Mennecy: