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Les Ulis
	Commune of Les Ulis
	Les Ulis townscape: housing projects (cités HLM) and detached houses on the edge of wheat fields
	Location
	Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates	48°40′54″N 2°10′10″E / 48.68167°N 2.16944°E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Les Ulis (chief town)
Mayor	Maud Olivier; (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	87–170 m (290–560 ft); (avg. 155 m/510 ft)
Land area1	5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population2	24,900 (2005 )
- Density	4,807 /km2 (12,450 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	91692/ 91940
	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.

Not to be confused with ULIS.

Coordinates: 48°40′54″N 2°10′10″E / 48.68167°N 2.16944°E / 48.68167; 2.16944

Les Ulis is a Francilienne commune of Essonne located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is 23 km (14 miles) from the center of Paris.

[edit] History

The commune of Les Ulis has only recently come into existence: it was created on 19 February 1977 by detaching territory from the communes of Orsay and Bures-sur-Yvette.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 25,785. The estimate for 2005 was 24,900.

Inhabitants of Les Ulis are known as Ulissiens.

[edit] Transport

Les Ulis is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Les Ulis is Bures-sur-Yvette station on Paris RER line B. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Bures-sur-Yvette, 1.6 km (1 mile) from the center of Les Ulis. Another popular station close to Les Ulis is Massy-Palaiseau RER station. Many shuttles transport commuters from the center of Les Ulis to the RER stations.

[edit] Famous people

Football player Thierry Henry, who plays for the French national team as well as F.C. Barcelona in Spain, was born in Les Ulis.
Another famous French football player Patrice Evra, who plays for Manchester United in England, also a member of the French national team, was raised in Les Ulis.
French foil fencer Térence Joubert was also born in Les Ulis on 17 April 1982.
The former spokesman of the ecological French party, Stéphane Pocrain, was raised in Les Ulis and was almost elected for the town's constituency (with the other towns of Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay etc...) in 2002.
French supermodel Noémie Lenoir was born in Les Ulis on 19 September 1979 before her family moved to a very quiet life first in Gif-sur-Yvette and then in Versailles where she was discovered and started her career in modeling.
French writer Patrick Lapeyre (author of the award-winning L'homme-sœur) is a teacher in Les Ulis' high school (Lycée de l'Essouriau).
Rapper Sinik, was born central Paris, moved to Les Ulis at age four.

[edit] Economy

The biggest industrial area (tertiary) in Europe^[2] is concentrated in Parc d'Activité de Courtabœuf (area: 378 ha) with more than 1000 companies employing 24,500 people. This area is spread over three communes: Les Ulis (mainly), Villebon-sur-Yvette and Villejust. Many companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Apple Computer have their French head offices in this area.