Chamarande 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...

 of Essonne

Essonne

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 department in the southern suburbs of Paris

Paris

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Inhabitants of Chamarande are known as Chamarandais.

History

Initially, this village was named Bonnes. In 1685, d'Ornaison family, the owner of the village and its château

Château de Chamarande

The château de Chamarande is a 17th century French château in Chamarande, in the department of Essonne.- History :The first "castle" of this name was established at Bonnes around 811 by Arteld, missus dominicus and brother of Einhard, Charlemagne's biographer...

, gained permission from the French king to change the name to Chamarande. A later owner, the Duc de Persigny

Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny

Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny was a French statesman of the Second French Empire.Fialin was born at Saint-Germain-Lespinasse , the son of a receiver of taxes, and was educated at Limoges. He entered the cavalry school at Saumur in 1826, becoming maréchal des logis in the 4th Hussars...

, was Minister of the Interior

Minister of the Interior (France)

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 under Napoléon III

Napoleon III of France

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 and a financial backer of the building of the Paris-Orléans rail station in the village, today an RER C

RER C

The RER C is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France. It is operated by SNCF.The line runs from the northwestern terminuses Pontoise , Versailles – Rive Gauche and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to the southeastern terminuses Massy-Palaiseau , Dourdan-la-Forêt , ...

 station.

External links

• The Château de Chamarande on the French Wikipedia
• Official website of Chamarande
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage
• Land use (IAURIF)