Commune in Île-de-France, France
Commune in Île-de-France, France
Crosne (French pronunciation: [kʁon] ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France. It is also a suburb of Paris, located 18 km from the center of Paris.
Climate
Crosne is located in Île-de-France and enjoys a degraded oceanic climate with cool winters and mild summers, and has regular rainfall throughout the year. The annual average temperature is 10.8 °C, with a maximum of 15.2 °C and a minimum of 6.4 °C. The temperatures per month recorded are 24.5 °C in July at the maximum and 0.7 °C in January at the minimum, but the registered records are 38.2 °C on 1 July 1952 and −19.6 °C on 17 January 1985. Due to the lower urban density between Paris and its suburbs, a negative difference of one to two degrees Celsius is felt strongly. The amount of sunshine is comparable to the average for the northern regions of the Loire with 1,798 hours per year. Precipitation is evenly distributed over the year, with a total of 598.3 millimeters of rain and an approximate average of fifty millimeters per month.
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Mean daily maximum °F (°C)
|
43.0
(6.1)
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45.7
(7.6)
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52.5
(11.4)
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58.3
(14.6)
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65.5
(18.6)
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71.2
(21.8)
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76.1
(24.5)
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75.6
(24.2)
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69.4
(20.8)
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60.4
(15.8)
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49.8
(9.9)
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44.2
(6.8)
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59.4
(15.2)
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| Daily mean °F (°C)
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38.1
(3.4)
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39.7
(4.3)
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44.8
(7.1)
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49.5
(9.7)
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56.1
(13.4)
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61.5
(16.4)
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65.8
(18.8)
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65.3
(18.5)
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60.1
(15.6)
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52.7
(11.5)
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44.1
(6.7)
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39.7
(4.3)
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51.4
(10.8)
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| Mean daily minimum °F (°C)
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33.3
(0.7)
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33.8
(1.0)
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37.0
(2.8)
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40.6
(4.8)
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46.9
(8.3)
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52.0
(11.1)
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55.4
(13.0)
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55.0
(12.8)
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50.7
(10.4)
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45.0
(7.2)
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38.3
(3.5)
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35.1
(1.7)
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43.5
(6.4)
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| Average precipitation inches (mm)
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1.87
(47.6)
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1.67
(42.5)
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1.75
(44.4)
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1.80
(45.6)
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2.11
(53.7)
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2.01
(51.0)
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2.06
(52.2)
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1.91
(48.5)
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2.19
(55.6)
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2.03
(51.6)
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2.13
(54.1)
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2.03
(51.5)
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23.56
(598.3)
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| Mean monthly sunshine hours
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59
|
89
|
134
|
176
|
203
|
221
|
240
|
228
|
183
|
133
|
79
|
53
|
1,798
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| Source: [3]
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Population
Historical population| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 5,324 | — |
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| 1975 | 6,068 | +1.89% |
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| 1982 | 7,312 | +2.70% |
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| 1990 | 7,966 | +1.08% |
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| 1999 | 8,154 | +0.26% |
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| 2009 | 9,097 | +1.10% |
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| 2014 | 9,048 | −0.11% |
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| 2020 | 9,458 | +0.74% |
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| Source: INSEE[4] |
Inhabitants of Crosne are known as Crosnois in French.
Transport
Crosne is served by Montgeron-Crosne station on the Paris RER line D.[5]
Twin towns – sister cities
Crosne is twinned with:[6]
Politics
The mayor of Crosne is Michaël Damiati from Debout la France, starting from 30 March 2014. The commune of Crosne is located in Essonne's 8th constituency, which includes Vigneux-sur-Seine(The Canton of Vigneux-sur-Seine, includes Crosne), Montgeron, Yerres, and Brunoy. Their member of the National Assembly has been Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the president of Debout la France, since 1997. He was first elected in 1997, followed by getting reelected in 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017.[7]
