Villebon-sur-Yvette

• By: direction Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse, stations " Palaiseau-Villebon " and " Lozere ".
• By: correspondence with Massy-Palaiseau with the RER B direction Saint-Rémy-the-Chevreuse.
• By: station " The Swissones; between 0:30 and 5:30.
• By: since Massy-Palaiseau, stations " Bretêche" and " School of Island-of-France".
• Of the Station of Massy-TGV: correspondence with Massy-Palaiseau with 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.
• a network of shuttle traverses the commune of 5:30 to 23:30.

Localities and districts

• the historic site with:
• the Village,
• the Meadow,
• Plesse,
• Bretêche,
• the Glance
• the Small tower
• the Hamlet of Villiers and Courtaboeuf encircled by the cultures,
• the city and its districts of historical or recent dwellings:
• Fine sands
• the Rocks
• the Half-cases
• the Fullers
• the Swiss District
• Beautiful-Air and the Beautiful-Site
• Fourcherolles

Toponymy

History

Origins

A legend tells that in 451, Sainte Genevieve, after having protected Paris from advanced Huns stopped to be refreshed in a source which bears its name in the current park of the castle.

In 745, the king Pépin the Brief made gift of the soil of Palaiseau to the Abbaye of Saint-Germain-of-Meadows. In 815, the Recensement establishes a population of 283 people on the territory of Villebon. In 992, a battle proceeded in the plain between Plesse and Villefeu. The belligerents were Bouchard, count de vassal Corbeil and of Hugues Capet and Eudes Ier of Blois, supported by Richard Ier of Normandy. Villebon was then at the border of the royal field. Until 1056, the history of Villebon was related to that of Palaiseau. On this date, Fromand of Paris became the first lord of Villebon. It is his/her son, Aszo which it first took the name of Villabona in 1092. It made build a farm strengthened on the current site of the castle. In 1196, Gautier de Villebon became Great chamberlain of France. It was followed of Pierre de Nemours, bishop of Paris of 1208 with 1219. Lambert of Villebon, him, left in crusade to Tunis in 1270 with the King Louis IX.

Villebon seigniory and castle

In 1611, a fire devastated the castle. Jacques-Auguste de Thou entrusted to Louis Métezeau, Architecte of the king Henri IV his rebuilding, which they do not purrent to finish. The field was then sold in the state in 1626 with André Potier of Novion, President with the Parlement of Paris, which completed the restoration of the castle. His/her son, Nicolas Potier of Novion increases it by two wings. The May 24th 1648, it obtained Archevêque of Paris to set up Villebon in Paroisse, against compensation for the Curé for Palaiseau. The July 8th 1787 opened the parochial Registre.

The April 16th 1789, the assembly of the Tiers state wrote the register of grievances. The January 31st 1790, the population elects the members of the general advice of the parish. In 1793, the Court of Appeal of Paris decided that the Yvette separates the two communities from Villebon and Palaiseau. In 1806, the property of Villebon returned to the Count Alfred-Felix of Montesquiou-Fezensac which built the Presbytère and the Orangerie of the castle.

Modern times and rise

In 1899, arrived of the lighting at the gas in the streets and at the school. Followed in 1906, of the installation of the electricity for lighting and the private heating and in 1907, of public electric lighting. 1912 saw the attribution of a factor-receiver for the commune of Villebon. The arrival of the railway lines to Paris at the beginning of the XXe century allowed Villebon, like its neighbors, to develop an activity of holiday for the Parisian ones. To this time go back the districts Suisses, Beautiful-Air, Beautiful-Site and the expansion of Villebon on the slopes of the Yvette.

The June 23rd 1920, the Real estate company of the School of the Ile-de-France, represented by Mr. Hawkins, former student of Cambridge acquired the castle, its dependences and the 100 hectares of wood and meadows around for a million francs. The boarding school, divided into 4 houses gathering each one 25 to 30 pupils from 7 to 18 years, and two Masters accommodated the children of officers killed with the war, French and foreigners at a cost of 10.000 francs per annum. They had of the electricity, the central heating, “hydrotherapy” and the Téléphone. The November 18th 1933, a fire devastated the house Sully and the classrooms. The school closed its doors. A new school, held by the brothers Lazaristes opened in 1967 and closed the following year to leave the place to a center of spiritual retirements. Today, this center shares the field with a college and private college which always uses the name of Ile-de-France.

In 1922, following certain confusions with the commune of Villebon in Eure-et-Loir, the commune adopted the name of Villebon-sur-Yvette, in reference to the Rivière which runs on its territory.

The Entre-deux-guerres saw the city being modernized, generalization of the electricity, the gas, running water and the Téléphone, modernization of the station of Palaiseau-Villebon, construction of the school complex of the Half-cases (1931), construction of the vault Saint-Sebastien (1938). During the Second world war, the castle was occupied by the German which made of it a Kommandantur and a post office of the Waffen-SS. To a few hundred meters from there, Jacques Duclos, directing clandestine PCF hid 1941 with 1944 in the villa of the Oasis to the hamlet of Villiers. Like the area, the city was released the August 24th 1944 by the Division Leclerc.

This modernization of Villebon-sur-Yvette continued post-war period with the construction of the college Jules Verne, the development of the parks of activities of Courtabœuf and the Meadow, great work of 1988 with the inauguration of the Town hall by Charles Pasqua, of new the Center-ville with the school Andersen and of the residence for elderly Alphonse Daudet, of the sporting center Saint-Éxupéry, the Arts center Jacques Brel, of the academy Erik Satie and more recently, the Large Dome and the zone commercial of Villebon 2.

Demography

Demographic trends

Population pyramid

Administration and policy

The commune adheres to intercommunity associations Europ' the Essonne for economic development, Courtabœuf Développement for the coordinated development of the zone of employment, with SIAHVY for the installation of the river, with the SIAGV for the reception of the Travelling entertainers and with the SIOM for the treatment of the household refuse. The barracks of Fireman S and gendarmerie of Palaiseau ensure the safety of Villebon-sur-Yvette.

Mayors of Villebon-sur-Yvette

Political results

• presidential election of 2007: 51,21% for Ségolène Royal (PS), 48,79% for Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP), 88,69% of participation.
• presidential election of 2002: 89,61% for Jacques Chirac (RPR), 10,39% for Jean-Marie Le Pen (FN), 86,64% of participation.

• legislative elections of 2007: 50,01% for Mr. Olivier Thomas (PS), 49,99% for Mrs. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet (UMP), 64,17% of participation.
• legislative elections of 2002: 53,71% for M Pierre-Andre Wiltzer (UMP), 46,29% for Mrs. Marianne Louis (PS), 66,99% of participation.

• European elections of 2004: 30,56% for M Harlem Desire (PS), 14,19% for M Patrick Gaubert (UMP), 53,64% of participation.

• regional elections of 2004: 54,39% for M Jean-Paul Huchon (PS), 38,85% for M Jean-François Cope (UMP), 72,24% of participation.

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

• 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: 58,54% for Yes, 41,46% for Not, 78,44% of participation.

A section of the Socialist party is present on the commune.

Teaching

• the garden of awakening Jacques Brel and three cribs, Joachim of Bellay, Half-cases and the Low-Rock;
• Three maternal schools and elementary, the Rock, Half-cases, maternal Charles Perrault and elementary Andersen;
• a public college Jules Verne, which has a section SEGPA and a college and private college catholic of the Ile-de-France;
• a recreational center with the Wood of the Cold ones.

The city accommodates also buildings of the ESAA which trains the officers of DGA.

Health

Public services

Twinnings

• ( September) - located at 632 kilometers.
• (September 22nd) - located at 1.302 kilometers.
• - located at 4.448 kilometers.
• - located at 670 kilometers.

Daily life in Villebon-sur-Yvette

Culture

• the Ludothèque of the Half-cases,
• the media library of the Market-gardeners,
• the conservatory Erik Satie,
• MJC Boby Lapointe,
• the Arts center Jacques Brel, versatile room of 650 places,
• the versatile room the Large Dome.

Three demonstrations of importances rythment life of the commune:

• the Puces of Villebon , a Vacuum-attics, which are held each year at the time of the weekend of Fête of the mothers,
• the Guinguette S of the Yvette , in partnership with the commune of Palaiseau, traditionally first Saturday and Sunday of June, the occasion to find the environment of the river banks of the beginning of the XIXe century,
• the festival of the Saints Like and Damien , festival of the commune for whom are organized a ball, a Fireworks and meetings with the inhabitants of the twinned communes.

12 associations whose Lions Clubs and Scouts and Guides of France animate the cultural life of Villebon-sur-Yvette.

The sport

• the sporting center Saint-Exupéry, equipped with two Gymnasium S, a Wall of climbing, 2 grounds of Football, 9 courts of Tennis, a center of sporting Shooting and Shooting to the arc, a Bowling pitch,
• the swimming pool in partnership with the commune of Palaiseau,
• a Minigolf and a practice of drive to the Golf in Villiers,
• a Hippodrome of Grass.

A Council school of the Sports and 25 associations train the young people and less young people villebonais with the sports.

RC Villebon 91 was illustrated with many resumptions in national competitions and international. The city accommodates an important club of Escrime at the regional level.

Places of worships

Economy

In 1960 is decided the establishment of a park of activity on the plate of Courtabœuf. The commune as its neighbors must yield spaces of culture to accommodate in 1967 the first structure: Atochem. This park of tertiary activity today first park of Europe is known under the name of Parc of activities of Courtabœuf.

In optics to accommodate the Plays of the Francophonie in 1994, the department decides the construction of a versatile room. The site of Villebon-sur-Yvette is selected for its accessibilities, space available and the proximity of the large park of activities. This room will become the Large Dome.

Near these infrastructures, the city lays out of a animalist Refuge, the Essonne Arch.

The commune of Villebon-sur-Yvette was one of the first communes after Paris with being able to take delivery of TNT. The project to develop the access to Internet in Très high banc is in hand.

Shopping mall Villebon 2

See also: Villebon 2

Culture and inheritance

Environmental inheritance

Architectural heritage

The church Saint-Like-and-Damien, dating from the 16th century, is located near the castle. The vault Saint-Sebastien, in the district of the Half-cases, is of more recent construction (1938) in red brick. The Paroisse of Villebon-sur-Yvette belongs to the Diocèse of Évry. The Buddhist Institute Trùc Lhâm is located street of Neuchâtel in the Swiss district.

Recent constructions (Town hall, Arts center, Center sporting) or rehabilitated (Conservatory, School of the Rock) present a unit in the use of metal Structures apparent coloured.

Personalities

• Gauthier de Villebon, lord of Villebon, great chamberlain of France.
• Pierre de Nemours, lord of Villebon, bishop of Paris of 1208 with 1219.
• Nicolas de Thou, (1528 - 1598), lord of Villebon, bishop of Chartres of 1573 with 1598, which celebrated in 1594 the sacring of Henri IV in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Chartres.
• Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1508 - 1617), writer and first president of the Parliament of Paris, lord of Villebon of the December 19th 1600 with 1617.
• Nicolas Potter of Novion, (1618 - 1693), lord of Villebon, first president of the Parliament of Paris of 1677 with 1689, member of the French Academy.
• Jacques Duclos, (1896 - 1975), resistant Politicien and hid with the hamlet of Villiers of 1941 with 1944.
• Gerard Nevers (- 2003), mayor of Villebon-sur-Yvette of 1983 with 2003, general adviser, regional adviser, builder of the " Villebon moderne".
• Alex Garcia (1948 -), sculptor on Bronze.

Heraldic

This blazon appears on the oar of TGV 313 N° 8718B under the sponsorship of the Locomotive S by the communes.

Myths and Legends

• a legend tells that in 451, Sainte Genevieve, after having protected Paris from advanced Huns stopped to be refreshed in a source which bears its name in the current park of the castle.

• a legend tells that at the edge of the plate of Courtabœuf, dominating the valley of the Yvette at an altitude of 155 m the Abbaye Villefeu rose, property of the monks of saint-Éloi. This abbey still appeared on the charts of the 18th century but disappeared in a Cataclysme. A historian brought back in 1888 that “the Christmas Eve, at the time when the midnight mass sounds, the hearts of the former monks return” .

• the commune is called the “Monaco essonnien” by the political circle of the department because of importance of sound Budget and paradoxically of the weakness of the tax on the residents. Moreover, the shopping mall Villebon 2 is called the “Las Vegas villebonais” by the common neighbors importuned by the luminous Pollution of the signs.

Gallery

See too

Internal bonds

• Common of the Essonne
• Transmitting of Villebon-sur-Yvette
• Castle of Villebon-sur-Yvette
• Villebon 2
• the Large Dome
• RC Villebon 91

External bonds

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