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La Ferté-Alais is a commune in France, situated in the Essonne department and the arrondissement of Étampes. It has historically been part of the Seine-et-Oise administrative entity. The town serves as the capital of the canton of La Ferté-Alais and is associated with the canton of Mennecy for electoral purposes. Its postal code is 91590, and it borders the communes of Baulne, Cerny, D'Huison-Longueville, and Guigneville-sur-Essonne.
The commune covers an area of 4.55 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 3,960 residents and another citing 4,051. The male population is recorded as 1,840, while the female population is 1,960. Elevation data also differs, with one source indicating 142 meters above sea level and another listing 63 meters. The official website for the commune is lafertealais.fr.
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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
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 3731
- Area
- 4.55
- Elevation
- 118
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- canton of La Ferté-Alais
- Shares border with
- Videlles
- Official website
- www.lafertealais.fr
- Image
- La Ferte-Alais IMG 5183.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Ferté-Alais
- postal code
- 91590
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mennecy
- male population
- 1840
- female population
- 1960
- P8168
- Eugenio Santoro
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-1-69-90-88-44
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Ferté-Alais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.