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Commune of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
| Coordinates | 48°38′13″N 2°20′25″E / 48.63694°N 2.34028°E |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Essonne |
| Arrondissement | Palaiseau |
| Canton | Sainte-Geneviève- des-Bois (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | CA du Val d'Orge |
| Mayor | Olivier Leonhardt (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 37–90 m (120–300 ft) |
| Land area1 | 9.27 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 33,900 (2005 [1]) |
| - Density | 3,657 /km2 (9,470 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 91549/ 91700 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 23.5 km (14.6 mi) from the center of Paris.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois lies just north of junction 42 on the orbital Francilienne autoroute.
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At the 1999 census, the population was 32,125. The estimate for 2005 was 33,900.
Inhabitants of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois are known as Génovéfains.
Attractions include the Donjon, a park with animals, a grotto, and an orthodox Russian Cemetery. Filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is buried in the cemetery. Rudolph Nureyev, a famous ballet dancer, is also buried there in a spectacular tomb covered with mosiac decoration to represent a traditional Russian blanket.
Nearby, there is parkland which borders on the river Orge (a tributary of the Seine) and a campsite at Villiers-sur-Orge.
Ilan Halimi, the young French Jew tortured to death on account of his religion, was discovered in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.[2]
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is served by Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois station on Paris RER line C.
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