• By: direction Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse, stations " the Counter " and " Orsay-city ".
• By: correspondence with Massy-Palaiseau towards Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse.
• By: stations Places Republic or Town hall of Orsay between 0:30 and 5:30.
• Of the Station of Massy-TGV: correspondence with Massy-Palaiseau by the RER B direction Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse.
• Of the Airport of Orly: by Orlyval, correspondence with Antony with the RER B, direction Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse.
• Of the Airport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle: direct by the RER B direction Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse.
• By: station " Orsay-RER".
• By the network.
• By the network.

Localities and variations

• the Counter
• Mondétour
• Small Madagascar
• Corbeville
• Launay
• Troche
• the Boards
• the field of Persan Wood

Toponymy

History

The city was originally named " Ourcet". In 754, the king Pépin the Brief gave the territory of the commune to the Abbaye of Saint-Germain-of-Meadows, in 999, the name of the village was mentioned in a manuscript of monk Benedictine reporting a battle between the count de Corbeil and the count de Blois in the plain. In 1080, from share the bishop of Paris Godfrey of Boulogne, the territory was allocated to the monks of Longpont who started in 1089 then in 1151 the construction of the church Saint Martin and of a Léproserie.

In 1424, the castle-extremely was taken by the English. Later, the Raguier family, from which result Jacques Raguier, bishop of Troyes (1483 - 1518) and Antoine Raguier, bishop of Lisieux (1474 - 1482) bought the field and built the castle. By marriage and heritage, the seigniory returned in 1675 to Charles Boucher, adviser with the Parlement and Prévôt of the merchants of Paris which chaired the drainage works of the quay of the Snap fastener, become by decree of the king Louis XIV the quay of Orsay.

In 1741, Pierre Grimod of the Fort, farmer general and intendant of the Stations bought the field, it refitted the city, restructured the center. His/her son, Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d' Orsay continued work and was titrated Count of Orsay. In 1790, the Révolution made it possible Orsay to become a commune, in the District of Palaiseau and the department of Seine-et-Oise and with Madam Hulot to acquire the castle. In 1801, it made build in the honor of his/her son-in-law, the general Moreau the Temple of Glory to celebrate its victory with Hohenlinden and the peace found in Europe.

Starting from 1815, the city was modernized under the impulse of notable, Jean-Louis Archangé allowed the creation of an old people's home and of a school in 1832, Mrs. Courtépée financed the creation of the orphanage of Sainte Suzanne in 1878. In 1854, the Ligne of Seals was prolonged until Orsay it Guichet, then in 1867 until Limours via Orsay-City. It leads in 1895 in the middle of Paris near the Jardin of Luxembourg. The urbanization and progress made it possible the commune of build and a town hall in 1873 and to lay out as of 1875 of running water in all the residences public lighting with the gas in 1881.

The XXe century brought changes in the commune. In 1924, the grounds of Mondétour were parcelled out, in 1938, the electrification of the railway line made it possible to rejoin Paris in thirty minutes, in 1955, the Université of Paris bought the grounds of the castle of Launay and settled in 1958, it was joined in 1957 then 1965 by the Institut Curie. In 1973 was concluded twinning with the German city from Kempen and in 1980 with the English city from Ely. In 1977, the new city of the Ulis is created to which Orsay had to yield grounds near Mondétour.

Demography

Demographic trends

Population pyramid

Administration and policy

The city adheres to intercommunity associations CAPES for the safeguard of the environment and the objectives scientific and teaching, with SIAHVY for the installation of the river, with the SIOM for the treatment of the household refuse.

Mayors of Orsay

Political results

• presidential election of 2007: 52,34% for Ségolène Royal (PS), 47,66% for Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP), 88,72% of participation.
• presidential election of 2002: 90,99% for Jacques Chirac (RPR), 9,01% for Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN), 84,37% of participation.

• legislative elections of 2007: 52,41% for Mrs. Maud Olivier (PS), 47,59% for Mr. Pierre Lasbordes (UMP), 66,19% of participation.
• legislative elections of 2002: 50,67% for Mr. Pierre Lasbordes (UMP), 49,33% for M Stephan Pocrain (the Greens), 69,59% of participation.

• European elections of 2004: 30,32% for M Harlem Desire (PS), 16,16% for Mrs. Marielle de Sarnez (UDF), 55,44% of participation.

• regional elections of 2004: 54,77% for M Jean-Paul Huchon (PS), 40,13% for M Jean-François Cope (UMP), 73,34% of participation.

• cantonal elections of 2004: 56,46% for Mr. David Ros (PS), 43,54% for Mrs. Marie-Helene Aubry (UMP), 73,51% of participation.

• municipal elections of 2008: on standby data.
• municipal elections of 2001: missing data.

• Referendum of 2005 relating to the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe: 65,13% for Yes, 34,87% for Not, 79,14% of participation.

The PS and the PCF have antenna on the territory of the commune.

Teaching

• the center multi-reception " Small Prince" ;
• the cribs of the Park and the Farandole;
• the nursery school of Maillecourt;
• the maternal schools and elementary of the Center, Mondétour, the Counter;
• the colleges Alexander Fleming and Alain-Baker;
• the technological college general and Blaise Pascal which has a section of higher CPGE Mathématiques and Mathématiques special among best of France.

Two private establishments catholic is added:

• the maternal school and elementary Holy-Suzanne
• the Secondary Course of Orsay, maternal school , elementary, college and general college.

The town of Orsay, in the middle of the “Valley of Science” accommodates in center town and in the park of 200 hectares the presidency, the general services of the Université of Paris XI, and concentrates a strong community of students (13  000 students, 1  700 teachers, 2  100 doctorands, 1  800 administrative staffs and technicians), through the five UFR (Sciences and STAPS), three IUT (physical Chemistry, Data processing and Measurements), IFIPS, 60 laboratories, 500  000 m ² of buildings and residence halls of CROUS.

The faculty and the hospital are in addition dependant in research and the therapy with the joint use of the 3rd world center of Protonthérapie of the Institut Curie since 1991. CNRS is also present with the establishment of the Institut of nuclear physics, the Laboratoire of the linear accelerator, the nuclear Center of spectrometry and mass spectrometry. SupOptique has buildings on the commune, just like Supélec.

Lastly, the hospital is equipped with a Training institute in care male nurses on the site with Large-Mesnil.

See also: University Paris XI

Health

It accommodates also more than 140 Médecin S in all the specialities, some exerting within the framework of the hospital, others in city medicine, 6 Pharmacie S and two residences adapted to the elderly for a total of 113 residences in downtown area.

Public services

Twinnings

• - with 424 kilometers.
• - with 434 kilometers.

Daily life with Orsay

Culture

• the cinema " 3 Jacques" ;
• the auditorium;
• the theater Jacques Tati;
• the center of exposure of Large Bouvêche;
• the MJC Jacques Tati;
• the neighborhood house Pierre Mendès France;
• the house of associations;
• the Library and discotheque Georges Brassens;
• the Tourist office of the Vallée de Chevreuse.

Various national demonstrations are relayed on the commune: the Festival of the Music, the Festival of Science, the Festival of the Internet. The festival of the commune traditionally proceeds second Sunday of May. A group of Scouts and Guides of France is present at Orsay and takes part in the cultural activity(AP) and sporting of the commune. An associative television available on Internet organized by the young people of the college Alain Fournier supplements the municipal newspaper to report the events of the commune.

The sport

• the Stage of the Terrace: 3 grounds of Rugby, 4 grounds of Football, track of Athletics, plate of evolution, garden and not of Shooting to the arc, 7 courts of Tennis of which a cover;
• the Gymnasium S Marie-Therese Eyquem: gymnastic plate of evolution and two specialized rooms with the tackle and Martial arts; counter; Jean-Charles Blondin; of Mondétour;
• the Tennis of Mondétour and the ATO;
• the Olympic swimming pool 3 basins including two covers, a pit of dive;
• a studio of dance of 160 m ²;
• a Municipal Center of Initiation to the sports offering of the training courses.

Orsay Rugby Club is one of most active department and evolves/moves in Championnat of France of the 2nd federal division.

Markets

Associations

A Lions Club and a Rotary Club act socially and economically on the territory of the commune.

A cell of ATTAC is installed on the commune

Places of worships

Economy

The establishment of the University Paris XI on the associated commune and organizations like the universities (IFIPS, SupOptique, Supélec), the research centres of companies (Institute Curie, Thalès, Hewlett-Packard or in the past Pfizer) and of the Hospital makes it possible the commune of perceive important incomes of Professional tax and to profit from a strong economic dynamism. The presence of two Gare S of the RER B makes it possible moreover the active population to quickly rejoin the economic centers of the area.

Thus, the commune manages a budget of 36.700.000 € (in 2006), unemployment rate in 2005 was established to 5,4% and the income by household in 2004 with 27.009 € per annum. 60,6% of Orcéens are owners of their housing, of the houses in 56,3% of the cases. Located in the middle of the valley of science, 25,4% of the population are graduate beyond bac+2 or 22,9% are still students. This presence of many students is found in the population pyramid with a rate of 33,9% of the population between 20 and 39 years.

Culture and inheritance

Environmental inheritance

Architectural heritage

• Large Bouvêche, manor with the two medieval towers transformed until the XVIIIe century.
• Pacaterie, old firm today contiguous to a residence hall of the same name.
• the Temple of Glory, Architecture neo-classic, built in 1801 by the architect Pierre-Alexandre Vignon in the honor of the general Moreau, classified historic building since 1979.
• the castle of brick Corbeville of the XIXe century which currently forms part of the research center of the group Thalès.
• the castle of Launay, the XVIIe century.
• the castle of Large Mesnil of the XVIIIe century and XIXe century.
• the church Saint Martin's day, with the chorus and the Gothic Bell-tower , the Nave néoromane and the neo-classic frontage and the St. Lawrence contiguous and its crypt of 1760 vis-a-vis the Town hall.
• the vault of Clearness-God, old Seminar and the Monastery franciscain built by Xavier Arsene-Henry in 1956.
• a vault in the district of Mondétour.
• the Town hall of the XIXe century, built on the vestiges of the castle of Grimod d' Orsay.
• the ring of collisions of 1962, protected under the industrial inheritance and technique since 2002.
• the market of the market hall.

Personalities

• Charles Boucher, lord of Orsay, adviser to the Parliament, Provost of the merchants of Paris, driver of the drainage works of the quay of the Snap fastener, become Quay of Orsay in Paris.
• Pierre Grimod of the Fort (1692 - 1748), lord of Orsay, farmer general and intendant of the Station S.
• Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d' Orsay (1748 - 1809), first count d' Orsay.
• Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763 - 1813), general French of the Revolution, for which was built, the " Temple of Gloire".
• Alfred d' Orsay (1801 - 1852), Count of Orsay, Dandy.
• Alfred Giard (1846 - 1908), zoologist is deceased there.
• Leon Poliakov (1910 - 1997), Historien is deceased there.
• Pierre-Gilles of Genoa (1932 - 2007), Nobel Prize of physics in 1991, deceased in Orsay, teaching with the Faculty of Science of Orsay of 1961 with 1971. His Anne-Marie wife of Genoa created in 1975 a restaurant named “wild Boudin” in the district of the Counter.
• Ines Cagnati (1937 - 2007), writer died there.
• Albert Fert (1938 -), Nobel Prize of physics in 2007, teaching with the Faculty of Science of Orsay since 1976.
• Patrice Duvic (1946 - 2007), writer of Science-fiction was born there.
• Diam' S (1980 -) of its true name Melanie Georgiades, raspy Frenchwoman, resided in a suburban district of Orsay (Mondétour) of 1995 at 2003.
• Foamed Star anise (1981 -), international basketball player was born there.
• Guy Demel (1981 -), international footballer was born there.

Heraldic

Myths, legends and anecdotes

• After the name of the commune, the name of Orsay was initially allotted to the Quai of Orsay in homage to the lord of the field, then by metonymy with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs but also with a station, become a theater then a museum. It is also a name which is exported, as testifies to them these restaurants in New York or Quebec or this hotel to Toulouse or this Bank.

Gallery

See too

Internal bonds

• Common of the Essonne
• University of Paris XI
• University campus of Orsay
• Quay of Orsay

External bonds

• Official site
• Tourist office of the valley of Chevreuse
• Orsay on the site of the IGN
• Orsay on the site of INSEE
• Orsay on the site of Quid
• the communes closest to Orsay
• Orsay on GeneaWiki
• Orsay on ViaMichelin
• Seen satellite general on WikiMapia