Viry-Châtillon

Viry-Châtillon is a common French, located in the department of the the Essonne and the area Île-de-France. Its inhabitants is called Castelvirois and Castelviroises (or Viry-Châtillonais and Viry-Châtillonaise or Virois or Viroises).

Geography

Viry-Chatillon is in the department of the Essonne (91), in the area of the Ile de France.

The communes bordering are Juvisy on Orge, Savigny on Orge, Morsang on Orge, Fleury Mérogis, Grigny and Draveil.

History

1093: first reference to Viry (Viriaco) and Chatillon (Castellonio) in an act of the cartulaire of longpont (Longpont-on-Barley). Viry was a parish and Chatillon a hamlet at the edge of the Seine.

1118-1137: Louis VI the Large one removes Viry and Chatillon with its enemy Hugues de Crécy, lord of Montlhéry, and attaches them to the royal field.

In 1790, Viry-on-Barley and the Châtillon-on-Seine are linked to form the current commune of Viry-Châtillon.

Viry-Châtillon becomes, in May 1909, the site of the first aerodrome organized in the world (Port-Aviation). Ferdinand Ferber, Jules Védrines and Roland Garros and all the great names of the aviation of the time comes to accomplish their first flights there. The aerodrome was even the starting point of the first overflight of Paris on October 18th, 1909 by the count of Lambert.

Currently, Viry-Châtillon accommodates the factory engines of the stable Renault F1 TEAM.

Administration

|- | align=right| December 1884 || May 1909 ||Maurice Sabatier ||align=" center" | || Mayor |- | align=right| June 1909 || February 1914 ||Anatole Tocque ||align=" center" | || Mayor |- | align=right| February 1914 || March 1916 ||Alexandre Piketty ||align=" center" | || Mayor |- | align=right| March 1916 || December 1919 ||François Rivet ||align=" center" | || Making office |- | align=right| December 1919 || May 1925 ||Adolphe Durand ||align=" center" | RAD.SOC. || Mayor |- | align=right| May 1925 || November 1925 ||Edouard Schuler ||align=" center" | PCF || Mayor |- | align=right| December 1925 || October 1930 ||Lucien Boisse ||align=" center" | DVG || Mayor |- | align=right| October 1930 || November 1930 ||Pouchain octave ||align=" center" | DVD || Mayor |- | align=right| December 1930 || May 1935 ||Louis Gersant ||align=" center" | DVD || Mayor |- | align=right| May 1935 || September 1939 ||Andre Leblanc (I) ||align=" center" | PCF || Mayor |- | align=right| October 1939 || July 1940 ||Gabriel Butcher ||align=" center" | occupation || Special delegation |- | align=right| July 1940 || April 1941 ||Victor Augustin Brayer ||align=" center" | occupation || Special delegation |- | align=right| April 1941 || September 1944 ||Henri Longuet (I) ||align=" center" | occupation || Mayor |- | align=right| September 1944 || February 1946 ||Andre Leblanc (II) ||align=" center" | PCF || Mayor |- | align=right| March 1946 || October 1947 ||Pierre Pasanau ||align=" center" | PCF || Mayor |- | align=right| October 1947 || May 1953 ||Jean Verbeurgt ||align=" center" | PCF || Mayor |- | align=right| May 1953 || March 1989 || Henri Longuet (II)||align=" center" | DVD || Mayor |- | align=right| March 1989 || June 1995 ||Jacques Chastel ||align=" center" | UDF || Mayor |- | align=right| June 1995 || December 2005 || Gabriel Amard ||align=" center" | PS || Mayor |- | align=right| since January 2006 || ||Simone Mathieu ||align=" center" | PS || Mayor

Intercommunality:

Since January 1st, 2004 Viry-Chatillon is one of common the members of the Communauté of agglomeration the Lakes of the Essonne.

Demography

Places and monuments

the town hall and the park Leblanc
Port Aviation: aerodrome pioneer of French aviation
the mill of Viry
the field of Piedefer, with its park, its castle, and its famous cave with the shells
the castle of the Steps
the St-Denis church of XIIe century
the laundrette
Quoted Cilof
the farm
the factory Renault F1
the city of the Maples
the take-off
the lake
the station

Others

The city shelters a skating rink with a team of hockey known to have been the footbridge many young people franciliens towards the professional sport. but this skating rink unfortunately burned at the time of a case of arson on Friday, May 13, 2005. The latter was rebuilt and will be inaugurated on Sunday, October 7, 2007.

Personalities related to the commune

Jacques Toy, writer, born in 1947
Gustave Aymard (1818-1883), writer
Charles Perrault
Ladji Doucouré
the majority of the active pioneers of aviation between 1909 and 1919 flew away aerodrome of Port-Aviation (Louis Blériot, Leon Delagrange, Roland Garros, Eugene Lefebvre, Ferdinand Ferber, Gabriel Voisin, Charles of Lambert, Raymonde de Laroche, Edmond Audemars, Florentin Champbel…)

See too

Common of the Essonne
Jets of the Viry-Essonne - club of Hockey of the city

External bonds

''' Site of the town of Viry-Châtillon ''', and its television
Visit the site of the MJC Social center St-Exupéry of Viry-Châtillon
Viry-Châtillon on the site of the national geographical Institute
Viry-Châtillon on the site of INSEE
Viry-Châtillon on the site of Quid
Localization of Viry-Châtillon on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plan on Viry-Châtillon on Mapquest
Ainsi Goes the City - Association of political opposition in Viry-Châtillon
P' tit Castelvirois - political Information in Viry-Châtillon
Désir Citizen - political Blog for the social and republican recasting with Viry-Châtillon
Désirs with Viry-Chatillon A future - political Blog Socialists of Viry-Chatillon

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