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The canton of Athis-Mons is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Athis-Mons.It consists of the following communes: Athis-Mons Juvisy-sur-Orge Paray-Vieille-Poste

Athis-Mons (French: [atisˈmɔ̃s] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.5 km (10.3 mi) from the center of Paris. Inhabitants are called Athégiens. A small part of Orly International Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Athis-Mons.

Vigneux-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [viɲø syʁ sɛn] , literally Vigneux on Seine) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 17.6 km (10.9 mi) from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants of Vigneux-sur-Seine are known as Vigneusiens.

The canton of Vigneux-sur-Seine is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Vigneux-sur-Seine.It consists of the following communes: Crosne Montgeron (partly) Vigneux-sur-Seine

The observatory was established in Juvisy-sur-Orge in 1883 by the French astronomer and author Camille Flammarion. In March 2010, the structure was classified as a historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture. The observatory belongs to the Société astronomique de France.

The canton of Draveil is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Draveil.It consists of the following communes: Draveil Étiolles Montgeron (partly) Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Soisy-sur-Seine

Ablon-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [ablɔ̃ syʁ sɛn] (listen), literally Ablon on Seine) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.3 km (9.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ablonais or AblonaisesAblon has been awarded one flower in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("towns and villages in bloom competition").

Draveil (French pronunciation: [dʁavɛj] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in the southern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.1 km (11.9 mi) from the centre of Paris at Notre-Dame. In 2021, it had a population of 29,173. It was formally twinned with Hove, East Sussex in the United Kingdom.With a score of 7.16/10, Draveil ranks 49th among the 100 best French towns with a population of over 20,000 inhabitants. This result is a survey conducted permanently among the French population and takes into account the following factors : environment, security, medical facilities, cultural events, sports, shops and transport.

Villeneuve-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [vilnœv lə ʁwa] (listen)) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 13.7 km (8.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that arrived from Auxerre. Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.

Paris Orly Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris-Orly), commonly referred to as Orly (IATA: ORY, ICAO: LFPO), is an international airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Paris, France. It serves as a secondary hub for domestic and overseas territories flights of Air France and as the homebase for Transavia France. Flights operate to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and North America. Before the opening of Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1974, Orly was the main airport of Paris. Even with the shift of most international traffic to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly remains the busiest French airport for domestic traffic and the second busiest French airport overall in passenger traffic, with 33,120,685 passengers in 2018. The airport is operated by Groupe ADP under the brand Paris Aéroport. Since February 2018, the CEO of the airport has been Régis Lacote.

The 1978 Orly Airport attack was a shoot-out that took place on 20 May 1978 in the Paris Orly Airport, France as three terrorists armed with submachine guns opened fire at the El Al boarding gate. The terrorists were also reportedly carrying grenades and plastic explosives in the shoot-out that lasted for 25 minutes. Two people including one police officer were killed before the three terrorists were shot and killed by French police and Israeli security guards. Five people waiting to board a nearby Iberia flight to Malaga were wounded. The airport was evacuated for about three hours after the attack. According to Israeli sources the group behind the attack was a unit headed by Abu Nidal which cooperated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

The Orly Airport attack was the 15 July 1983 bombing of a Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport in Paris, by the Armenian militant organization ASALA as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian genocide. The explosion killed eight people and injured 55.