Communauté d'agglomération Paris-Saclay

{{Infobox French subdivision

| type = CA

| name=Paris-Saclay

| image_map=91 CA Communauté Paris Saclay 2016.svg

| map_caption = Location within the Essonne department

| INSEE=200056232

| creation=1 January 2016

| nbcomm=27

| seat=Orsay

| president=Grégoire de Lasteyrie (Horizons-LFA)

| pop= 314169

| datepop=2018

| area= 185.9

| website={{url|http://paris-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.[https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/intercommunalite/200056232-ca-communaute-paris-saclay CA Communauté Paris-Saclay (N° SIREN : 200056232)], BANATIC, accessed 4 November 2024. 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 {{val|185.9|u=km2}}. Its population was 314,169 in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Comparateur de territoires − Intercommunalité-Métropole de CA Communauté Paris-Saclay (200056232) {{!}} Insee |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=EPCI-200056232 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.insee.fr}}

Geography

=Location=

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=

The Communauté d'Agglomération Paris-Saclay consists of the following communes:[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/intercommunalite/200056232-communaute-paris-saclay INSEE]

History

At first, the syndicat intercommunal du plateau de Saclay (SIPS) was founded in 1988.
The 6 December 1991, it became the district du plateau de Saclay (DIPS).
It became a Communauté de communes then, in 2002, a Communauté d'agglomération.
Before, communes of Bièvres in Essonne, Buc, Châteaufort, Jouy-en-Josas and Les Loges-en-Josas in Yvelines was in the district.
In 2004, Gometz-le-Châtel integrates the CAPS.
In 2010, the CAPS adheres at the syndicat mixte Paris Métropole.[http://www.parismetropole.fr/nous-connaitre/nos-membres List of members of Paris Métropole in the official website of the organisation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111163528/http://www.parismetropole.fr/nous-connaitre/nos-membres |date=2010-11-11 }}, 18 December 2010.

Transportation

= Mass transit =

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

Orsay-Ville station, RER B;
Massy-Palaiseau station, RER B & C;
Jouy-en-Josas station (HEC Paris), RER C and future T12;
Lozère - École Polytechnique station, RER B;

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

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines station, RER C and Transilien line N and line U;
Versailles-Chantiers station, RER C and TER services.

= Rail =

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

= Buses =

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.

References

External links

[http://paris-saclay.com/ Official Website]

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