La Ferté-Alais
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Place details
- Locality
- La Ferté-Alais
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,051
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Department
- Essonne
- Arrondissement
- Étampes
- Canton
- Mennecy
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Mariannick Morvan
- Area
- 4.55 km (1.76 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 3,731
- Density
- 820/km (2,120/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 91232 /91590
- Elevation
- 53–142 m (174–466 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Ferté-Alais
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Étampes
- Population
- +3731
- Area
- +4.55
- Elevation
- +118
- Capital of
- canton of La Ferté-Alais
- Shares border with
- Videlles
- Official website
- www.lafertealais.fr
- Image
- La Ferte-Alais IMG 5183.jpg
Article
La Ferté-Alais ( French pronunciation: [la fɛʁte alɛ] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is 52 km (32 mi) south of Paris. It used to be a fortress closing the access to the French royal estate from the Essonne valley, then became an industrial village with sand and stones. Its airfield (actually in Cerny), hosts a world-famous air show for vintage World War I and WWII aircraft and a museum of such aircraft.
It even has the aircraft (still airworthy) that Louis Blériot used to cross the English Channel in 1909.