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Viry-Châtillon

Coordinates: 48°40′17″N 2°22′30″E / 48.6713°N 2.375°E / 48.6713; 2.375
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Viry-Châtillon
Commune
The town hall in Viry-Châtillon
The town hall in Viry-Châtillon
Coat of arms of Viry-Châtillon
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Viry-Châtillon
Map
Viry-Châtillon is located in France
Viry-Châtillon
Viry-Châtillon
Viry-Châtillon is located in Île-de-France (region)
Viry-Châtillon
Viry-Châtillon
Coordinates: 48°40′17″N 2°22′30″E / 48.6713°N 2.375°E / 48.6713; 2.375
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentEssonne
ArrondissementÉvry
CantonViry-Châtillon
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marie Vilain[1] (LC)
Area
1
6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
31,112
 • Density5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
91687 /91170
Elevation32–84 m (105–276 ft)
Websitewww.ville-viry-chatillon.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Viry-Châtillon (French pronunciation: [viʁi ʃatijɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 20.9 km (13.0 mi) from the center of Paris.

Population

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Inhabitants of Viry-Châtillon are also known as Castelvirois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 408—    
1800 373−1.27%
1806 380+0.31%
1821 366−0.25%
1831 404+0.99%
1836 389−0.75%
1841 462+3.50%
1846 533+2.90%
1851 550+0.63%
1856 564+0.50%
1861 575+0.39%
1866 663+2.89%
1872 541−3.33%
1876 669+5.45%
1881 873+5.47%
1886 1,110+4.92%
1891 1,182+1.26%
1896 1,409+3.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,540+1.79%
1906 1,824+3.44%
1911 2,272+4.49%
1921 2,766+1.99%
1926 5,660+15.40%
1931 8,442+8.32%
1936 9,234+1.81%
1946 9,495+0.28%
1954 10,622+1.41%
1962 23,598+10.49%
1968 27,045+2.30%
1975 32,411+2.62%
1982 30,224−0.99%
1990 30,580+0.15%
1999 30,257−0.12%
2007 31,249+0.40%
2012 31,221−0.02%
2017 31,093−0.08%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sports

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The town is home to the women's football team Paris FC. It was also the base of the engine division of the Formula One constructor Renault from 1977 to 2025.[5]

Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Viry-Châtillon is twinned with:[6]

Transport

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Viry-Châtillon is served by Viry-Châtillon station on the Paris RER line D.

Port-Aviation

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In May 1909 a venue for aviation races and exhibitions, Port-Aviation, opened to the public in Viry-Châtillon as the world's first purpose-built aerodrome. A popular attraction, it hosted aviation exhibitions and air races, attracting large crowds from Paris. It was the site of many aviation experiments and firsts and also hosted horse racing, bicycle racing, and cross country running events. Savigny-sur-Orge station in neighboring Savigny-sur-Orge served the airfield's distinguished visitors, while most of the general public attending events at Port-Aviation arrived by rail at Juvisy station in Juvisy-sur-Orge, where a sign in the railway station directed visitors to "Juvisy Airfield." Much to the consternation of the civic leaders and residents of Viry-Châtillon, this led the press and post card publishers to refer habitually to Port-Aviation by the misnomers "Juvisy Airfield," and occasionally "Savigny Airfield," and to aviation events there as taking place in "Juvisy" or "Juvisy-sur-Orge." The misnomer "Juvisy Airfield" for Port-Aviation and the inaccurate association of Juvisy-sur-Orge with its location have persisted ever since. Port-Aviation closed to the public in 1914 due to financial problems, but during World War I served as a military aviation training site before it was abandoned in 1918. A housing district, also called Port-Aviation, was constructed on the site of the former airfield between 1919 and 1933 and by the 21st century had a population of 5,000 people. In 2009, Viry-Châtillon commemorated the centennial of Port-Aviation and opened a heritage trail for pedestrians with signs indicating the locations of the airfield's structures, only one of which survives.[7][8][9][10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Viry-Châtillon, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Alpine to close works engine programme at the end of 2025". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Jumelages". viry-chatillon.fr (in French). Viry-Châtillon. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ Port-Aviation: Premier aérodrome organisé au monde [Port Aviation: First Organized Aerodrome in the World] (PDF) (in French). Viry-Châtillon, France: Ville de Viry-Châtillon. March 2024. pp. 11–12, 15, 17, 28–29, ″35, 37–38. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Port-Aviation". Forgotten Airfields of Europe. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Port-Aviation - the world's first purpose-built airfield". The First Air Races. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  10. ^ "After floods and bankruptcy, the revival of the world's first airfield". The First Air Races. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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