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Mennecy

Commune in Île-de-France, France

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Mennecy (French pronunciation: [mɛnsi] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

01Geography

Mennecy is 33 kilometers south east of Paris-Notre-Dame, point zero from roads of France, 8 kilometers south of Évry, 6 kilometers south west of Corbeil-Essonnes, 11 kilometers north east of La Ferté-Alais, 14 kilometers east of Arpajon, 15 kilometers south east of Montlhéry, 19 kilometers north of Milly-la-Forêt, 22 kilometers south east of Palaiseau, 25 kilometers north east of Étampes, 31 kilometers north east of Dourdan. It is crossed by the river Essonne.

02Population

Inhabitants of Mennecy are known as Menneçois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,867,     
1975 7,644+10.22%
1982 10,702+4.92%
1990 11,048+0.40%
1999 12,779+1.63%
2007 13,225+0.43%
2012 13,127−0.15%
2017 14,319+1.75%
2023 16,433+2.32%
Source: INSEE

03Twin towns

Mennecy is twinned with the villages Countesthorpe in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, Occhiobello in Italy and Renningen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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