# Limours

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**Limours**, often referred to as *Limours-en-Hurepoix* (limuʁ) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) the [Essonne](/source/Essonne) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in [Île-de-France](/source/%C3%8Ele-de-France) in northern [France](/source/France).

## Geography

Limours is located 30 km (19 mi) from [Paris](/source/Paris).

## Population

Inhabitants of Limours are known as *Limouriens* in French.

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1968 2,264 — 1975 4,201 +85.6% 1982 4,774 +13.6% 1990 6,324 +32.5% 1999 6,465 +2.2% 2007 6,344 −1.9% 2012 6,560 +3.4% 2017 6,625 +1.0% 2023 6,517 −1.6%

INSEE[2]

## Pays de Limours

Limours gives its name to, and is the most populated town of, the **[Communauté de communes](/source/Communaut%C3%A9_de_communes) du Pays de Limours**, which aggregates fourteen Essonne [communes](/source/Municipalities). The administrative seat of the communauté, however, is in [Briis-sous-Forges](/source/Briis-sous-Forges) rather than Limours itself.[3]

List of Pays de Limours member towns:

- [Angervilliers](/source/Angervilliers)
- [Boullay-les-Troux](/source/Boullay-les-Troux)
- Briis-sous-Forges
- [Courson-Monteloup](/source/Courson-Monteloup)
- [Fontenay-lès-Briis](/source/Fontenay-l%C3%A8s-Briis)
- [Forges-les-Bains](/source/Forges-les-Bains)
- [Gometz-la-Ville](/source/Gometz-la-Ville)
- [Janvry](/source/Janvry,_Essonne)
- [Les Molières](/source/Les_Moli%C3%A8res)
- Limours
- [Pecqueuse](/source/Pecqueuse)
- [Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard](/source/Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard)
- [Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne](/source/Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne)
- [Vaugrigneuse](/source/Vaugrigneuse)

## See also

- [Communes of the Essonne department](/source/Communes_of_the_Essonne_department)

## References

1. ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

1. [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-91338#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

1. [CC du Pays de Limours (CCPL) (N° SIREN : 249100074)](https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/intercommunalite/249100074-cc-du-pays-de-limours--ccpl), BANATIC

## External links

- [Limours city council website](http://www.mairie-limours.fr) (in French)
- [Mayors of Essonne Association](http://www.ume.asso.fr) (in French)

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