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The Area:

Created in 1964 out of the former Seine-et-Oise, the Essonne is one of the eight departments which make up the Ile-de-France region. It is situated less than 15 kilometres south of Paris, between the departments of Yvelines and Seine-et-Marne.

The Essonne is characterised by a heavy population density and a strong concentration of economic activity in the industrial, technological and scientific sectors in the northern third of the department. It is home to 10% of France’s public and private research in high-tech fields, notably in lasers, precision instruments and optics, and also of the country’s new materials in biotechnology, the nuclear sciences and aeronautics. This concentration of activity constitutes a key hub of economic development in the Essonne. In contrast, the economy of the southern two thirds of the department is more closely link