Essonne (river)

Corbeil-Essonnes (French: [kɔʁbɛj ɛsɔn] ) on the River Seine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 28.3 km (17.6 mi) from the center of Paris. Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture building and administration are located inside the commune of Corbeil-Essonnes.

Corbeil Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Corbeil-Essonnes, France. It was the interim cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, in which it is now a co-cathedral. The dedication is to Saint Spire or Spirius, which is a corruption of Saint Exuperius. The bishop's seat was established at the foundation of the new diocese in 1966 in the parish church of Saint Spire in Corbeil, an ancient collegiate church, which thus became the cathedral. The facilities were however inadequate for the needs of an episcopal administration, and the new town of Évry was chosen as a better-situated new episcopal centre, although entirely lacking in any suitable church building. The purpose-built cathedral at Évry was therefore commissioned, and opened in 1995, superseding Saint Spire as the cathedral of the diocese.

The canton of Corbeil-Essonnes is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Corbeil-Essonnes.It consists of the following communes: Corbeil-Essonnes Écharcon Lisses Villabé

Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ lɛ kɔʁbɛj] , literally Saint-Germain near Corbeil) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dy pɛʁɛ] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Saintry-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tʁi syʁ sɛn] , literally Saintry on Seine) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Étiolles (French pronunciation: [etjɔl] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, twenty-seven kilometers southeast of Paris.

Tigery (French pronunciation: [tiʒʁi] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Villabé (French pronunciation: [vilabe] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

The arrondissement of Évry is an arrondissement of France in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 51 communes. Its population is 539,918 (2019), and its area is 469.0 km2 (181.1 sq mi).

The French National Sequencing Center (Genoscope) was created in 1996 in Évry, France. It has been involved in the sequencing of the human genome.