Wissous

Wissous
Wissous
	The town hall in Wissous
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Wissous
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Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Chilly-Mazarin
Intercommunality	Hauts de Bièvre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Régis Roy-Chevalier
Area1	9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,272
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	91689 / 91320
Elevation	48–99 m (157–325 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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Wissous (French pronunciation: [visu]) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Paris-Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.^[1]

Inhabitants of Wissous are known as Wissoussiens.

History

Wissous (Vißous) in a 17th-century map by Cassini

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Wissous appears in an 11th-century French manuscript as a town called "Vizoor." The first mayor of Wissous was elected in 1790. Wissous experienced significant development since the beginning of the 20th century, with its population increasing by eightfold from 1900 to 2011.^[2]

Saint-Eloi district
Arthur Clark park
Saint Denis church
Lavoir

Location

Wissous is located in the Longboyau plain, between the valleys of the Bièvre, the Orge, the Seine, and the Yvette.^[2]

Economy

OpenSkies, an airline, is headquartered in Paray Vieille Poste, near Wissous.^[3] Prior to its re-establishment as OpenSkies, the airline L'Avion (Elysair SAS) was headquartered in that location.^[4] Kyocera Fineceramics Group has its design centre in Orlytech in Paray-Vieille-Poste, near Wissous.^[5]

Coat of arms and logo

Wissous coat of arms

The coat of arms contains three fleurs de lys, symbolizing Ile-de-France, on an azure background. On a red background, there are six ears of corn, which represent the agricultural activity in the commune. Each two ears have one gear underneath; the gears represent the importance of economic activity. The commune's logo, placed on official documents, has one fleur de lys, one gear, and one ear of corn.^[6]