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Paray-Vieille-Poste is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

in the Essonne

Essonne

Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.- History :...

department in Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....

in northern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Paris-Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.

Inhabitants of Paray-Vieille-Poste are known as Paraysiens.

History

Paray-Vieille-Poste originated from the old village of Paray, which had about 60 residents in 1790. The name "Paray-Vieille-Poste" first appeared in 1923. By 1928 the population swelled to 3,000 residents. At the time streets had not yet been built, and running water had not yet been installed. The Sarraut law of 15 March 1928 lead to the quick establishment of vital infrastructure. In 1931 Paray-Vieille-Poste received electricity and water connections, and the work was completed by 1933. The commune was affected by World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

bombings against Orly Airport

Orly Airport

Paris-Orly Airport is an airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris, France. It has flights to cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Southeast Asia. Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly was...

Coat of arms

The coat of arms contains bugles of the postilion

Postilion

A postilion rider was the driver of a horse-drawn coach or post chaise, mounted on one of the drawing horses...

s announcing their passage to tell bystanders to move out of the way, the arms of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

The Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of Neustria...

, and the arms of Maréchal de Vaux.

Economy

Transavia.com France

Transavia France S.A.S., also known as Transavia.com France or Transavia France and trading as transavia.com, is a French based low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group. Its main base is at Paris-Orly airport. Transavia.com chiefly operates scheduled and charter...

has its head office in Paray Vieille Poste. OpenSkies

OpenSkies

OpenSkies is a fully owned subsidiary airline of British Airways that began operations in June 2008. Originally OpenSkies was operated by BA European Limited but in April 2009 the name was transferred to Elysair . It is a full-service carrier and offers business class only cabins on board its...

is headquartered in Paray Vieille Poste. Prior to its re-establishment as OpenSkies, the airline L'Avion

L'Avion

Elysair SAS, operating as L'Avion, was an airline headquartered in Paray Vieille Poste, France, near Wissous. It operated business class only long-haul services between Orly Airport, Paris and Newark Liberty International Airport in the USA....

(Elysair SAS) was headquartered in that location. Kyocera

Kyocera

is a multinational manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions...

Fineceramics Group has its design centre in Orlytech in Paray-Vieille-Poste.

Prior to its disestablishment, Air Inter

Air Inter

Air Inter was a semi-public French domestic airline. Before its merger with Air France, the airline was headquartered in Paray-Vieille-Poste, Essonne. Earlier in its life, it was headquartered in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.Air Inter was incorporated on 12 November 1954...

(as Air France Europe) had its head office in the commune. AOM French Airlines

AOM French Airlines

AOM French Airlines was the second largest airline in France from 1990 until 2001. Its head office was located in Building 363 at Orly Airport, Paray-Vieille-Poste.-History:...

had its head office in Building 363 at Orly Airport

Orly Airport

and in Paray-Vieille-Poste. After AOM and Air Liberté

Air Liberté

Air Liberté was an airline in France founded in July 1987. Air Liberté was headquartered in Rungis. Airlib was headquartered in Orly Airport Building 363 in Paray-Vieille-Poste....

merged in 2001, the new airline occupied building 363.

Education

Schools in Paray-Vieille-Poste include École Maternelle Victor-Hugo, École Primaire Jules-Ferry, École Paul-Bert (Maternelle and Primaire), and Collège Pierre-de-Ronsard.

The Saint-Exupéry Library (Bibliothèque Saint-Exupéry) serves the village.

External links

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