Arrondissement of Palaiseau


The arrondissement of Palaiseau is an arrondissement of France in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 68 communes. Its population is 620,608, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Palaiseau, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Angervilliers
  2. Arpajon
  3. Athis-Mons
  4. Avrainville
  5. Ballainvilliers
  6. Bièvres
  7. Boullay-les-Troux
  8. Brétigny-sur-Orge
  9. Breuillet
  10. Briis-sous-Forges
  11. Bruyères-le-Châtel
  12. Bures-sur-Yvette
  13. Champlan
  14. Cheptainville
  15. Chilly-Mazarin
  16. Courson-Monteloup
  17. Égly
  18. Épinay-sur-Orge
  19. Fontenay-lès-Briis
  20. Forges-les-Bains
  21. Gif-sur-Yvette
  22. Gometz-la-Ville
  23. Gometz-le-Châtel
  24. Guibeville
  25. Igny
  26. Janvry
  27. Juvisy-sur-Orge
  28. Leudeville
  29. Leuville-sur-Orge
  30. Limours
  31. Linas
  32. Longjumeau
  33. Longpont-sur-Orge
  34. Marcoussis
  35. Marolles-en-Hurepoix
  36. Massy
  37. Les Molières
  38. Montlhéry
  39. Morangis
  40. La Norville
  41. Nozay
  42. Ollainville
  43. Orsay
  44. Palaiseau
  45. Paray-Vieille-Poste
  46. Pecqueuse
  47. Le Plessis-Pâté
  48. Saclay
  49. Saint-Aubin
  50. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
  51. Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
  52. Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard
  53. Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne
  54. Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
  55. Saint-Vrain
  56. Saulx-les-Chartreux
  57. Savigny-sur-Orge
  58. Les Ulis
  59. Vaugrigneuse
  60. Vauhallan
  61. Verrières-le-Buisson
  62. Villebon-sur-Yvette
  63. La Ville-du-Bois
  64. Villejust
  65. Villemoisson-sur-Orge
  66. Villiers-le-Bâcle
  67. Villiers-sur-Orge
  68. Wissous

    History

The arrondissement of Palaiseau was created in 1962 as part of the department Seine-et-Oise. In 1968 it became part of the new department Essonne. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Essonne, it received three communes from the arrondissement of Étampes.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Palaiseau were, as of January 2015:
  1. Arpajon
  2. Athis-Mons
  3. Bièvres
  4. Brétigny-sur-Orge
  5. Chilly-Mazarin
  6. Gif-sur-Yvette
  7. Juvisy-sur-Orge
  8. Limours
  9. Longjumeau
  10. Massy-Est
  11. Massy-Ouest
  12. Montlhéry
  13. Orsay
  14. Palaiseau
  15. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
  16. Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
  17. Savigny-sur-Orge
  18. Les Ulis
  19. Villebon-sur-Yvette

    Sub-prefects