Longjumeau
{{Short description|Commune in Île-de-France, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Longjumeau
|commune status = Commune
|image = Parc Nativelle de Longjumeau 2.jpg
|caption = Nativelle Park
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Longjumeau (Essonne).svg
|adjustable map = Longjumeau_map.png
|map size = 270px
|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
|coordinates = {{Coord|48.6943|2.2958|type:city(21,000)_region:FR-IDF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Palaiseau
|canton = Longjumeau
|intercommunality = CA Paris-Saclay
|party = LR
|term = 2020–2026
|area km2 = 4.84
|elevation min m = 40
|elevation max m = 93
|INSEE = 91345
|postal code = 91160
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|population_demonym = Longjumellois
|website = [http://www.longjumeau.fr/ www.longjumeau.fr]
}}
Longjumeau ({{IPA|fr|lɔ̃ʒymo|-|Fr-Paris--Longjumeau.ogg}}) is a commune in the Essonne department, France. It is located {{convert|18.2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} south from the center of Paris. Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as Longjumellois ({{IPA|fr|lɔ̃ʒymɛlwa}}) in French.
History
=Longjumeau Party School=
{{main|Longjumeau Party School}}
In 1911, Lenin founded the Longjumeau Party School
{{cite book
| last1 = Ulam
| first1 = Adam Bruno
| author-link1 = Adam Bruno Ulam
| year = 1965
| title = The Bolsheviks: the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dN5V8WX5WP0C
| publisher = Harvard University Press
| publication-date = 2009
| page = 282
| isbn = 9780674044531
| access-date = 2015-10-07
| quote = In 1911 there was a slight upturn in [Lenin's] political and personal fortunes. The Bolsheviks now organized their own Party school in Longjumeau, near Paris. [...] He and his wife [...] lived in Longjumeau during the spring and summer.
}} to provide instruction to selected militants of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party who would travel from Russia to attend. There were 18 students, with three each from Moscow and St Petersburg, with the rest coming from across the Russian Empire. Lenin was the principal lecturer delivering 56 lectures on diverse subjects. Other instructors included: Nikolai Semashko, David Riazanov, Charles Rappoport, Inessa Armand, Zdzisław Leder pl, and Anatoli Lunacharsky.{{cite web|title=Party School in Longjumeau|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Party+School+in+Longjumeau|website=TheFreeDictionary.com|publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970–1979)|access-date=28 November 2016}}
Population
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|19942|Longjumeau}} and INSEE (1968–2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-91345#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2030
|1800 |1377
|1806 |2022
|1821 |1595
|1831 |2038
|1836 |1946
|1841 |1998
|1846 |1849
|1851 |1991
|1856 |1906
|1861 |2256
|1866 |2317
|1872 |2301
|1876 |2314
|1881 |2585
|1886 |2693
|1891 |2551
|1896 |2440
|1901 |2343
|1906 |2344
|1911 |2425
|1921 |2538
|1926 |2735
|1931 |3106
|1936 |3014
|1946 |3010
|1954 |3637
|1962 |5522
|1968 |12929
|1975 |18170
|1982 |18370
|1990 |19864
|1999 |19957
|2007 |21166
|2012 |21739
|2017 |21221
}}
Transport
Longjumeau is served by three stations on Paris RER line C: Longjumeau, Gravigny – Balizy and Chilly Mazarin RER, which are peaceful due to the low transit.
Education
{{Asof|2016}} the six communal preschools (écoles maternelles) had 895 students, and the six communal elementary schools had 1,432 students, making a total of 2,377 students. Schools include:"[http://www.longjumeau.fr/Famille/Enfance/Tout-savoir-sur-la-rentree-longjumelloise Tout savoir sur la rentrée longjumelloise]." Longjumeau. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- Public preschools: Albert Schweitzer, Balizy, Jean Bernose, Maryse Bastié, Charles Perrault, and Albert Gubanski
- Public elementary schools: Albert Schweitzer, Jules Ferry, Hélène Boucher, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Georges Guynemer, and Balizy
- Public junior high schools: Collège Louis Pasteur, Collège André Marois, Collège Pablo Picasso
- Public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Jacques-Prévert and Lycée des Métiers Jean-Perrin
- Private schools: Ecole Maternelle les Saules and Ecole Privée Saint-Anne
Personalities
- Nicolas Charles Seringe, was a French physician and botanist born in Longjumeau.
- Marc Lavoine, is a French singer and actor.
- Loïc Loval, footballer
- Terence Baya, footballer
- Vincent Dufour, is a French former football player who is now a manager.
- Bingourou Kamara, footballer
- Benjamin Mendy, footballer who currently plays for Manchester City.
- Jérémy Ménez, footballer
- Olivier Ntcham, footballer who currently plays for Swansea City.
- Stéphane Owona, footballer
- Estelle Raffai, athlete
- Ibrahima Tandia (born in Longjumeau in 1993), footballer
- Adrien Planté, is a French rugby union player
- Jamie Ryan, is an Irish bass guitarist in the French metal band Mass Hysteria.
- Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, often referred to by her initials NKM, is a French politician.
- Tanguy Ndombele, footballer who currently plays for Nice.
- Kenny Elissonde (professional cyclist).
Trivia
Longjumeau is the setting for the opera-comique Le postillon de Lonjumeau by Adolphe Adam where it is presented as an early 19th-century rural community. The opera was first performed in Paris at the Opéra-Comique on 13 October 1836. Performances followed in London at the St. James Theatre on 13 March 1837, and in New Orleans at the Théâtre d'Orléans on 19 April 1838.
Longjumeau is twinned with Pontypool in South Wales, UK.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Longjumeau}}
- [https://www.longjumeau.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Search Mérimée|91345}}
- [http://www.ume.asso.fr Mayors of Essonne Association] {{in lang|fr}}
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