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[[File:Département Essonne Arrondissement 2019.png|thumb|Map of arrondissements of the Essonne department.]]
The 3 '''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]] of the [[Essonne]] [[Departments of France|department]]''' are:<ref name=insee2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/3677785/Ensemble.pdf |title=Populations légales 2016|date=December 2018|access-date=2019-10-28|publisher=[[INSEE]]}}</ref>
# [[Arrondissement of Étampes]], ([[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]]: [[Étampes]]) with 75 [[Communes of France|communes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/arrondissement/ARR911-etampes|title=Arrondissement d’Étampes (911)|access-date=2019-10-05|publisher=[[INSEE]]}}</ref> The population of the arrondissement was 130,464 in 2016.
# [[Arrondissement of Évry]], ([[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the Essonne department: [[Évry-Courcouronnes]]) with 51 communes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/arrondissement/ARR912-evry|title=Arrondissement d’Évry (912)|access-date=2019-10-05|publisher=[[INSEE]]}}</ref> The population of the arrondissement was 536,258 in 2016.
# [[Arrondissement of Palaiseau]], (subprefecture: [[Palaiseau]]) with 68 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 620,608 in 2016.
==History==
In 1800 the arrondissements of Corbeil and Étampes were established as part of the department [[Seine-et-Oise]]. The arrondissement of Étampes was disbanded in 1926. The arrondissement of Palaiseau was created in 1962. In 1966 the arrondissement of Corbeil was disbanded, Étampes was restored, and Évry was created.<ref>[http://splaf.free.fr/78o.html Ancien département : la Seine-et-Oise]</ref> In 1968 the department Seine-et-Oise was disbanded, and the arrondissements of Évry, Étampes and Palaiseau became part of the new department Essonne.<ref>[http://splaf.free.fr/91his.html Historique de l'Essonne]</ref>
In January 2017 three communes passed from the arrondissement of Étampes to the arrondissement of Palaiseau.<ref name=arrete>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefectures-regions.gouv.fr/ile-de-france/content/download/29228/200217/file/recueil-idf-001-2017-01-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special%20du%2002%2001%202017.pdf|title=Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016|pages=4-9|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Arrondissements by departments of France|Essonne]]
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