Morsang-sur-Orge

Morsang-sur-Orge
Commune
The town hall in Morsang-sur-Orge
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Morsang-sur-Orge
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Coordinates: 48°39′42″N 2°20′46″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Évry
Canton	Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
Intercommunality	CA Cœur d'Essonne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marianne Duranton[1]
Area ^1	4.39 km^2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	20,785
• Density	4,700/km^2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91434 /91390
Elevation	36–81 m (118–266 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Morsang-sur-Orge (French pronunciation: [mɔʁsɑ̃ syʁ ɔʁʒ] ^ⓘ, literally Morsang on Orge) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 21.2 km (13.2 mi) from the center of Paris.

Population

Inhabitants of Morsang-sur-Orge are known as Morsaintois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 325 —     1800 380 +2.26% 1806 386 +0.26% 1821 357 −0.52% 1831 404 +1.24% 1836 430 +1.26% 1841 481 +2.27% 1846 452 −1.24% 1851 428 −1.09% 1856 456 +1.28% 1861 520 +2.66% 1866 566 +1.71% 1872 574 +0.23% 1876 600 +1.11% 1881 651 +1.64% 1886 709 +1.72% 1891 892 +4.70% 1896 980 +1.90%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,023 +0.86% 1906 973 −1.00% 1911 1,025 +1.05% 1921 1,092 +0.64% 1926 1,864 +11.29% 1931 2,799 +8.47% 1936 3,611 +5.23% 1946 3,011 −1.80% 1954 5,269 +7.25% 1962 8,604 +6.32% 1968 15,258 +10.02% 1975 20,156 +4.06% 1982 20,332 +0.12% 1990 19,401 −0.58% 1999 19,335 −0.04% 2007 21,165 +1.14% 2012 21,428 +0.25% 2017 20,909 −0.49%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

Morsang-sur-Orge is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Morsang-sur-Orge is Savigny-sur-Orge station, which is approximately a 22-minute train journey from the center of Paris on the Paris RER line . This station is located in the neighboring commune of Savigny-sur-Orge, 1.6 km (0.99 mi) from the town center of Morsang-sur-Orge.

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Morsang-sur-Orge, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Morsang-sur-Orge at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)