Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 23.5 km from the center of Paris, in the arrondissement of Palaiseau, Essonne department, Île-de-France.Inhabitants of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois are known as Génovéfains. There has been a settlement in what is now Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois since Roman times. In 1800 it was still a small settlement with around 100 inhabitants. After the armistice in 1918 the population was counted at less than 800. The boom started in the 1920s when inhabitants of Paris wanted affordable housing. This boom was in part because the railway station of Perray was built, connecting the town to Paris. The population at the moment is over 30.000 inhabitants, making it one of the larger settlements in the Essonne departement.

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