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Orsay

Orsay

Orsay is a commune in the department in in northern . It is located in the southwestern suburbs of , , 20.7 km from the centre of Paris.
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  • Type: Town with 16,000 residents
  • Description: French commune in Essonne, Île-de-France
  • Postal codes: 91400 and 91400

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Martin-Saint-Laurent d’Orsay and Orsay-Ville station.

Church
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is a church.

Railway station
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is a RER B station in the town of Orsay, near Paris, in France. This is one of the stations for University of Paris-Sud.

Railway station
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is one of the two RER stations of Orsay, near Paris, in France. It is also the name of a district of this town. This station is built near a bridge over Route nationale 118.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bures-sur-Yvette and Paris-Saclay.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in Northern France. It is a southern Parisian outer suburb in the Vallée de Chevreuse, with a population of 9,254 as of 2021.

Suburb
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is a research-intensive and business cluster currently under construction in the south of Paris, France. It encompasses research facilities, two French major universities with higher education institutions and also research centers of private companies.

Town
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is a commune in the department, 23 km from the , France. A planned community, it comprises outer suburbs built in the 1970s on the southwestern edge of the Paris metropolitan area. In 2022, it had a population of 25,633.

Orsay

Latitude
48.69918° or 48° 41′ 57″ north
Longitude
2.18746° or 2° 11′ 15″ east
Population
16,000
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
8FW4M5XP+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26691576
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2989204
Wiki­data ID
Q372281
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Orsay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Orsay”
  • Arabic: “أورسي”
  • Aragonese: “Orsay”
  • Armenian: “Օրսե”
  • Armenian: “Օրսեյ”
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  • Chinese: “奥尔赛”
  • Chinese: “奥赛”
  • Chinese: “奧賽”
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  • Hebrew: “אורסה”
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  • Japanese: “オルセー”
  • Japanese: “オルセイ”
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  • Kazakh: “Orse”
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  • Kazakh: “ورسە”
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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