| Palaiseau | |
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| City Hall | |
| Information | |
| Country |  France |
|---|---|
| Regions | Ile-de-France Essonne |
| Watercourse | Yvette |
| Altitude | Between 47 and159 m |
| Area | 11,51 km² |
| Population | 34 120 hab. (2016) |
| Density | 2 964,38 inhab./km² |
| Nice | Palaisien |
| Postal code | 91120 |
| Telephone prefix | 33 1 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 48 ° 42 ′ 56 ″ N 2 ° 13 ′ 56 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Palaiseau is a municipality ofEssonne in France.
Understand
The city of Palaiseau is one of the two sub-prefecture of the department of Essonne. The name of the town would come from the Latin word Palatiolum, in the ninth century, meaning "small palace", in reference to the small royal castle owned by Childebert I, third son of King Clovis.
Tourist information
- 1 Palaiseau tourist office 91, rue de Paris (City Hall) – Department located at Palaiseau town hall
To go
The east of the town is bordered by the TGV west line, towards Bordeaux, Nantes or Rennes, as well as by theA10.
By car
The town is accessible by D988, which crosses the city in a north-south direction.
By train
Palaiseau is served by the RER B, with 2 stops: "Palaiseau" and "Lozère". The town also shares a station with two neighboring towns: Villebon, "Station Palaiseau - Villebon", and Massy, the station "Massy - Palaiseau". The nearest TGV station is in Massy, near the RER B station.
- 1 RER B - Palaiseau
- 2 RER B - Lozère
- 3 RER B - Palaiseau Villebon
By bus
By plane
Circulate
To see
- 1 Brière hotel (Hurepoix Palace Museum) ,
33 1 69 31 45 70, e-mail : [email protected] – This 17th century building houses the Hurepoix museum (a former region in the southwest of the Ile de France) - Condé hotel
- postern of the old seigneurial castle
- statue of Joseph Bara
- 2 Ardenay castle – 19th century resort castle of the miller Jean Boussac
- Saussaye castle
- Hotel de la Pie Voleuse
Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
To learn
Several institutes and higher schools are located in the town:
- 1 Polytechnic university
- 2 Institute of Optics Graduate School
- 3 National School of Advanced Techniques
- 4 National School of Statistics and Economic Administration
Communicate
Manage the day-to-day
Administration
- 2 Sub-prefecture hotel 9 Avenue of General de Gaulle, 33 1 69 91 91 91
- 3 District Court Place de la Victoire, 91120 Palaiseau, 33 1 60 14 00 80
Banks
Health
Cults
- 4 Saint-Martin church –
This 12th century parish church has been listed as a historical monument since 1930. - 5 Saint-Michel church
- 6 Church of Our Lady of the Nativity of Lozère
- Sainte-Geneviève chapel
- 7 Evangelical Protestant Church of Palaiseau
- 8 temple of the reformed church of Palaiseau
- 9 Heruka Center (Tibetan Buddhist temple) 36 rue Pasteur, 91120 PALAISEAU
