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Marolles en Hurepoix
The identity card of the commune.

A commune near Paris, but which knew to keep its rural spirit!


Marolles aujourd'hui In 1982, the commune, located at 35 kms of Paris and 5 kms of Arpajon, counted 3547 inhabitants on a surface of 647ha 27a 75ca, that is to say 6 472 775 m2 (meadows of 6,5 km2), at an altitude of 83 meters.


To direct you, here a chart of the surroundings of Marolles en Hurepoix.


With the last recencement, the commune counted 4137 inhabitants, 4669 inhabitants were also announced to me (know !).


The commune counted 4 castles (one obelisk remains in the park of the castle of Marolles, destroyed in 1944) and one still fonds houses old with the Alum hamlet, old pigeon of the XVIIIth century, and a Church of the XIIth century.


The most famous representative of the commune remains Emile Levassor, engineer and creator of the car industry in France, with Rene Panhard.



Sources: Marolles en Hurepoix and its surroundings -1982.
Find the map on the web site of Chambre de Commerce de l'Essonne.

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