Longjumeau

Longjumeau
Commune
Nativelle Park
Nativelle Park
Coat of arms of Longjumeau
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Longjumeau
Longjumeau is located in France
Longjumeau
Longjumeau
Location within France
Longjumeau is located in Île-de-France (region)
Longjumeau
Longjumeau
Location within Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°41′39″N 2°17′45″E / 48.6943°N 2.2958°E / 48.6943; 2.2958
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementPalaiseau
CantonLongjumeau
IntercommunalityCA Paris-Saclay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sandrine Gelot (LR)
Area
1
4.84 km2 (1.87 sq mi)
Highest elevation
93 m (305 ft)
Lowest elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2023)
21,996
 • Density4,540/km2 (11,800/sq mi)
DemonymLongjumellois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91345 /91160
Websitewww.longjumeau.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Longjumeau (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ʒymo] ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department, France. It is located 18.2 km (11.3 mi) south from the center of Paris. Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as Longjumellois (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ʒymɛlwa]) in French.

History

In 1911, Lenin founded the Longjumeau Party School 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.

The Hôtel de Ville

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1997.

Population

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

As of 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:

Personalities

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

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Ulam, Adam Bruno (1965). The Bolsheviks: the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia. Harvard University Press (published 2009). p. 282. ISBN 9780674044531. Retrieved 2015-10-07. 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.
  4. ↑ "Party School in Longjumeau". TheFreeDictionary.com. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970–1979). Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mairie à Longjumeau". L'Annuaire des Entreprises. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Longjumeau, EHESS (in French).
  7. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  8. ↑ "Tout savoir sur la rentrée longjumelloise." Longjumeau. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.