Limours

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Commune in Île-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Chantal Thiriet^[1]Area14.25 km² (5.50 sq mi)Population6,431 • Density450/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation100–177 m (328–581 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Limours, often referred to as Limours-en-Hurepoix (French pronunciation: [limuʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Limours is located 30 km (19 mi) from Paris.

Population

Inhabitants of Limours are known as Limouriens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,264	—
1975	4,201	+9.23%
1982	4,774	+1.84%
1990	6,324	+3.58%
1999	6,465	+0.25%
2007	6,344	−0.24%
2012	6,560	+0.67%
2017	6,625	+0.20%
Source: INSEE[3]

Pays de Limours

Limours gives its name to, and is the most populated town of, the Communauté de communes du Pays de Limours, which aggregates fourteen Essonne communes. The administrative seat of the communauté, however, is in Briis-sous-Forges rather than Limours itself.^[4]

List of Pays de Limours member towns:

• Angervilliers
• Boullay-les-Troux
• Briis-sous-Forges
• Courson-Monteloup
• Fontenay-lès-Briis
• Forges-les-Bains
• Gometz-la-Ville
• Janvry
• Les Molières
• Limours
• Pecqueuse
• Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard
• Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne
• Vaugrigneuse

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

• Media related to Limours at Wikimedia Commons
• Limours city council website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)