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Code: 91
Region: Ile-de-France
Traditional provinces: Ile-de-France,
Orléanais
Bordering departments: Eure-et-Loir,
Loiret,
Seine-et-Marne,
Yvelines,
Hauts-de-Seine,
Val-de-Marne
Area: 1,804 km2
Population (1995): 1,145,900 inhabitants
Préfecture: Evry
Sous-préfectures: Etampes, Palaiseau
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 41 cantons, 196 communes.
The department is named after the river Essonne (90 km),
tributary of Seine.
It was created in 1964 when the former department of
Seine-et-Oise (78) was divided.