# Longjumeau
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{{Short description|Commune in Île-de-France, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Longjumeau
|commune status = [Commune](/source/Communes_of_France)
|image = Parc Nativelle de Longjumeau 2.jpg
|caption = Nativelle Park
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Longjumeau (Essonne).svg
|adjustable map = Longjumeau_map.png
|map size = 270px
|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
|coordinates = {{Coord|48.6943|2.2958|type:city(21,000)_region:FR-IDF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Palaiseau
|canton = Longjumeau
|intercommunality = [CA Paris-Saclay](/source/Communaut%C3%A9_d'agglom%C3%A9ration_Paris-Saclay)
|mayor = Sandrine Gelot[{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}]
|party = [LR](/source/The_Republicans_(France))
|term = 2020–2026
|area km2 = 4.84
|elevation min m = 40
|elevation max m = 93
|INSEE = 91345
|postal code = 91160
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|population_demonym = Longjumellois
|website = [http://www.longjumeau.fr/ www.longjumeau.fr]
}}
'''Longjumeau''' ({{IPA|fr|lɔ̃ʒymo|-|Fr-Paris--Longjumeau.ogg}}) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Essonne](/source/Essonne) department, [France](/source/France). It is located {{convert|18.2|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} south from the [center of Paris](/source/Kilometre_Zero). Inhabitants of Longjumeau are known as ''Longjumellois'' ({{IPA|fr|lɔ̃ʒymɛlwa}}) in French.
==History==
===Longjumeau Party School===
{{main|Longjumeau Party School}}
In 1911, [Lenin](/source/Lenin) founded the Longjumeau Party School[
{{cite book
| last1 = Ulam
| first1 = Adam Bruno
| author-link1 = Adam Bruno Ulam
| year = 1965
| title = The Bolsheviks: the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dN5V8WX5WP0C
| publisher = Harvard University Press
| publication-date = 2009
| page = 282
| isbn = 9780674044531
| access-date = 2015-10-07
| quote = In 1911 there was a slight upturn in [Lenin's] political and personal fortunes. The Bolsheviks now organized their own Party school in Longjumeau, near Paris. [...] He and his wife [...] lived in Longjumeau during the spring and summer.
}}] to provide instruction to selected militants of the [Russian Social Democratic Workers Party](/source/Russian_Social_Democratic_Workers_Party) who would travel from [Russia](/source/Russia) to attend. There were 18 students, with three each from [Moscow](/source/Moscow) and [St Petersburg](/source/St_Petersburg), with the rest coming from across the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire). Lenin was the principal lecturer delivering 56 lectures on diverse subjects. Other instructors included: [Nikolai Semashko](/source/Nikolai_Semashko_(medicine)), [David Riazanov](/source/David_Riazanov), [Charles Rappoport](/source/Charles_Rappoport), [Inessa Armand](/source/Inessa_Armand), [Zdzisław Leder](/source/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Leder) [pl](/source/%3Apl%3AZdzis%C5%82aw_Leder), and [Anatoli Lunacharsky](/source/Anatoli_Lunacharsky).[{{cite web|title=Party School in Longjumeau|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Party+School+in+Longjumeau|website=TheFreeDictionary.com|publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970–1979)|access-date=28 November 2016}}]
==Population==
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS[{{Cassini-Ehess|19942|Longjumeau}}] and INSEE (1968–2023)[[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-91345#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE]
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2030
|1800 |1377
|1806 |2022
|1821 |1595
|1831 |2038
|1836 |1946
|1841 |1998
|1846 |1849
|1851 |1991
|1856 |1906
|1861 |2256
|1866 |2317
|1872 |2301
|1876 |2314
|1881 |2585
|1886 |2693
|1891 |2551
|1896 |2440
|1901 |2343
|1906 |2344
|1911 |2425
|1921 |2538
|1926 |2735
|1931 |3106
|1936 |3014
|1946 |3010
|1954 |3637
|1962 |5522
|1968 |12929
|1975 |18170
|1982 |18370
|1990 |19864
|1999 |19957
|2007 |21166
|2012 |21739
|2017 |21221
|2023 |21996
}}
==Transport==
Longjumeau is served by three stations on Paris [RER line C](/source/RER_C): [Longjumeau](/source/Longjumeau_(Paris_RER)), [Gravigny – Balizy](/source/Gravigny_%26ndash%3B_Balizy_(Paris_RER)) and Chilly Mazarin RER, which are peaceful due to the low transit.
==Education==
{{Asof|2016}} the six communal preschools (''écoles maternelles'') had 895 students, and the six communal elementary schools had 1,432 students, making a total of 2,377 students. Schools include:["[http://www.longjumeau.fr/Famille/Enfance/Tout-savoir-sur-la-rentree-longjumelloise Tout savoir sur la rentrée longjumelloise]." Longjumeau. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.]
* Public preschools: Albert Schweitzer, Balizy, Jean Bernose, Maryse Bastié, [Charles Perrault](/source/Charles_Perrault), and Albert Gubanski
* Public elementary schools: Albert Schweitzer, Jules Ferry, [Hélène Boucher](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Boucher), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Georges Guynemer, and Balizy
* Public junior high schools: Collège [Louis Pasteur](/source/Louis_Pasteur), Collège [André Marois](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marois), Collège [Pablo Picasso](/source/Pablo_Picasso)
* Public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Jacques-Prévert and [Lycée des Métiers Jean-Perrin](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_des_M%C3%A9tiers_Jean-Perrin)
* Private schools: Ecole Maternelle les Saules and Ecole Privée Saint-Anne
==Personalities==
* [Nicolas Charles Seringe](/source/Nicolas_Charles_Seringe), was a French physician and botanist born in Longjumeau.
* [Marc Lavoine](/source/Marc_Lavoine), is a French singer and actor.
* [Loïc Loval](/source/Lo%C3%AFc_Loval), footballer
* [Terence Baya](/source/Terence_Baya), footballer
* [Vincent Dufour](/source/Vincent_Dufour), is a French former football player who is now a manager.
* [Bingourou Kamara](/source/Bingourou_Kamara), footballer
* [Benjamin Mendy](/source/Benjamin_Mendy), former [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) footballer.
* [Jérémy Ménez](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my_M%C3%A9nez), footballer
* [Olivier Ntcham](/source/Olivier_Ntcham), footballer who currently plays for [Swansea City](/source/Swansea_City_A.F.C.).
* [Stéphane Owona](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Owona), footballer
* [Estelle Raffai](/source/Estelle_Raffai), athlete
* [Ibrahima Tandia](/source/Ibrahima_Tandia) (born in Longjumeau in 1993), footballer
* [Adrien Planté](/source/Adrien_Plant%C3%A9), is a French rugby union player
* Jamie Ryan, is an Irish bass guitarist in the French metal band [Mass Hysteria](/source/Mass_Hysteria_(band)).
* [Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet](/source/Nathalie_Kosciusko-Morizet), often referred to by her initials NKM, is a French politician.
* [Tanguy Ndombele](/source/Tanguy_Ndombele), footballer who currently plays for [Nice](/source/OGC_Nice).
* [Kenny Elissonde](/source/Kenny_Elissonde) (professional cyclist).
==Trivia==
Longjumeau is the setting for the [opera-comique](/source/opera-comique) ''[Le postillon de Lonjumeau](/source/Le_postillon_de_Lonjumeau)'' by [Adolphe Adam](/source/Adolphe_Adam) where it is presented as an early 19th-century rural community. The opera was first performed in Paris at the [Opéra-Comique](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-Comique) on 13 October 1836. Performances followed in London at the [St. James Theatre](/source/St._James_Theatre) on 13 March 1837, and in New Orleans at the [Théâtre d'Orléans](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_d'Orl%C3%A9ans) on 19 April 1838.
Longjumeau is twinned with [Pontypool](/source/Pontypool) in South Wales, UK.
==See also==
{{stack|{{Portal|France}}}}
*[Communes of the Essonne department](/source/Communes_of_the_Essonne_department)
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Longjumeau}}
*[https://www.longjumeau.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
*{{Search Mérimée|91345}}
*[http://www.ume.asso.fr Mayors of Essonne Association] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Communes of Essonne
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