Communauté d'agglomération Paris-Saclay

48°42′29″N 02°10′33″E / 48.70806°N 2.17583°E / 48.70806; 2.17583

Paris-Saclay
Location within the Essonne department
Location within the Essonne department
CountryFrance
No. of communes27
Established1 January 2016
SeatOrsay
Government
 • PresidentGrégoire de Lasteyrie (Horizons-LFA)
Area
185.9 km2 (71.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
314,169
 • Density1,690/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Websiteparis-saclay.com

The Communauté d'agglomération Paris-Saclay (or CPS) is an administrative entity in the Essonne département, near Paris. The administrative center is Orsay.[1] It was formed on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Plateau de Saclay (CAPS) and the Communauté d'agglomération Europ'Essonne(E²). Its area is 185.9 km2. Its population was 314,169 in 2018.[2]

Geography

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Location

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The Communauté d'Agglomération Paris-Saclay is located at the north-west of the département of Essonne, on the plateau de Saclay. The altitude is between 47m (154') in Palaiseau and 172m (564') in Gif-sur-Yvette.

Communes

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The Communauté d'Agglomération Paris-Saclay consists of the following communes:[1][3]

History

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Transportation

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Mass transit

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Passenger rail service is provided in the community by RATP and Transilien SNCF in several RER stations in the Paris-Saclay University campus :

And more in the Paris-Saclay and Versailles research campus :

Rail

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The Paris-Saclay community has the LGV Atlantique high-speed rail line serving the Massy TGV station.

Buses

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Transports in the Paris-Saclay community is managed by Paris-Saclay Mobilités and provided by Transdev and Keolis.

Long-distance bus service is provided by BlaBlaBus and Flixbus at Massy-Palaiseau RER and SNCF TGV station.

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