Saclay is a common French, located in the department of the the Essonne and the area Île-de-France. Its inhabitants is called the Saclaysiens or the Saclaisiens .

Geography

Saclay extends on the plate from the same name which constitutes still today, to the doors from Paris, an agricultural large surface.
L' old pond will be increased and the new pond will be created to feed water of Versailles.

Localities and variations

The commune is cut out in two villages: the Borough and the Valley of Albian.

Communes bordering

• Orsay
• Saint-Aubin
• Vauhallan
• Palaiseau
• Beavers
• Jouy-in-Josas
• Toussus-the-Noble Villiers-le-Bâcle
• Gif-sur-Yvette

History

Drainages took place since antiquity and a hydraulic wide-area network, the drains, was established there to supply the basins of the Parc of Versailles.

At the century, 82% of the territory are agricultural. With the variation of the transportation route and railroad, Saclay was not gained by the which gallops urbanization.

In 1945, the Général de Gaulle decides the creation of the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique. As of 1947, the construction of ECA starts. The architect of the center is Auguste Perret. The center of nuclear studies of ECA-Saclay counts currently more than 4000 permanent (it passed very close to the 10000 permanent ones in the years 1960).

In 1946, the extremely of Villeras, built in 1870, accommodates the center of test of the engines.

Administration

Demography

Inheritance

• Saint-Germain Church: 12th century, altered then.
• Christ of Saclay (18th century): placed at the most important crossroads, it is dismounted with the Révolution after being sifted of lead. A copy replaces it today.
• Saint-Germain Turn: watch tower of the 15th century marking the old perimeter of the village; probably, one of the oldest civil buildings of the place.

See too

• ECA
• Common of the Essonne

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