Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne
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| Commune of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Île-de-France |
| Département | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Val d'Orge |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 9.27 km² |
| Population² (1999 census) |
32,125 |
| - Density (1999) | 3,465/km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 23.5 km. (14.6 miles) from the center of Paris.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois recently gained notoriety because the discovery of Ilan Halimi's body occurred there.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois lies just north of junction 42 on the orbital Francilienne autoroute.
[edit] Sights
Attractions include the Donjon, a park with animals, a grotto and an orthodox Russian Cemetery. Rudolph Nureyev, the famous ballet dancer is buried there in a spectacural tomb covered with mosiac decoration to represent a traditional russian blanket.
Nearby, there is parkland which borders on the river Orge (a tributary of the Seine) and a campsite at Villiers-sur-Orge.
[edit] Transport
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is served by Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois station on Paris RER line C.
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