Leuville cemetery

Leuville-sur-Orge (French pronunciation: [løvil syʁ ɔʁʒ] , literally Leuville on Orge) is a commune 31 km (19 mi) south of Paris, France. It is situated in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region.

Linas (French pronunciation: [linas] or [lina]) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. The famous motor racing circuit Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry (often abbreviated as "Montlhéry") is located across the communes of Linas, Bruyères-le-Châtel and Ollainville.

The Château de Montlhéry is a castle in the commune of Montlhéry in the Essonne département of France. Ruins date from various periods, most notably the 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th centuries.The present 13th-century castle, with its prominent keep, succeeded a castle built in the 11th century, and an earlier foundation, built from 991 to 1015. The castle is a rectilinear pentagonal plan, with five surviving towers, one of which is much larger than the rest and serves as the keep, forming the point of the pentagon, at the end of the ridge. A gate tower protected the entrance on the opposite site. Recent evidence suggests that there may have a second court or bailey extending in front of the present gate, as well as a substantial chapel inside the presumed lower court. Thanks to its position, the keep was notably connected with the scientific experiments of Pierre Gassendi (measurement of the speed of sound), Claude Chappe (experiments with optical telegraphy in 1794) and Alfred Cornu (measurement of the speed of light in 1874). Visitors today can see the keep, the well, the moat and the remains of the curtain wall. The castle is state property. It has been listed since 1840 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

The 1933 UCI Road World Championships was the thirteenth edition of the UCI Road World Championships, organized on Monday 14 August 1933. The championship took place on a race circuit, the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry in Montlhéry, France.. The amateurs rode their 125 km race in the morning, the professional riders (250 km) in the afternoon. In the same period, the 1933 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Montlhéry (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃leʁi] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located 26 km (16.2 mi) from Paris.

Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ lɛ.z‿aʁpaʒɔ̃] , literally Saint-Germain near Arpajon) is a commune in the Essonne department. It is a suburb of Paris located 30 km (19 mi) south of Paris via the N20, and 20 km (12 mi) north of Étampes.

Autodrome de Montlhéry (established 4 October 1924) is a motor racing circuit, officially called L’autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, owned by Utac, located south-west of the small town of Montlhéry about 30 km (19 mi) south of Paris.

Longpont-sur-Orge (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃pɔ̃ syʁ ɔʁʒ] , literally Longpont on Orge) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. From 1954 to 1962, the villa in Longpont-sur-Orge owned by William and Noma Copley served as a social hub and a central gathering place in the postwar era for a community of Surrealists to reunite after their dispersal during the war. Among the artists who frequented the villa located at 27, rue du Docteur Darier were Man Ray, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Roland Penrose, Lee Miller, and British architect Maxwell Fry.Brico Dépôt, a subsidiary of Kingfisher plc, has its head office in Longpont-sur-Orge.

Villiers-le-Bel – Gonesse – Arnouville is a railway station in Arnouville, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. The station was opened in 1859 and is on the Paris–Lille railway. The station is served by the RER Line D, which is operated by SNCF. The station serves the communes of Arnouville, to the north Villiers-le-Bel and, to the east, Gonesse.

The canton of Arpajon 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 Arpajon.It consists of the following communes:

The canton of Brétigny-sur-Orge 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 Brétigny-sur-Orge.It consists of the following communes: Brétigny-sur-Orge Leudeville Longpont-sur-Orge Marolles-en-Hurepoix Saint-Michel-sur-Orge Saint-Vrain

La Norville (French pronunciation: [la nɔʁvil] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.