Essonne (river)

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title: "Essonne (river)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-france", "rivers-of-essonne", "rivers-of-île-de-france"] description: "River in France" topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essonne_(river)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in France ::

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Field	Value
name	Essonne
map	Essonne.png
name_etymology	Latin Exona or Axonia, from the Celtic water goddess Acionna
source1_location	Gâtinais
mouth_location	Seine
mouth_coordinates
progression
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	France
length	101 km
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| name = Essonne | image = | image_caption = | map = Essonne.png | name_etymology = Latin Exona or Axonia, from the Celtic water goddess Acionna | source1_location = Gâtinais | mouth_location = Seine | mouth_coordinates = | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = France | length = 101 km | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = The Essonne () is a 101 km long French river. It is a left tributary of the Seine. Its course crosses the departments of Loiret and Essonne, and it gives its name to the latter. The Essone's name and the present name of its higher course (the Œuf) originate in Acionna, a Gallo-Roman river goddess attested at Orléans (Genabum).

Geography

It begins on the Gâtinais plateau at La Neuville-sur-Essonne through the confluence of two rivers, the Œuf—whose source is near Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Loiret, at 130 m above sea level—and the Rimarde—whose source is near Nibelle, Loiret, 182 m. Notably it runs through Malesherbes and La Ferté-Alais, before running into the Seine at Corbeil-Essonnes.

Notable among the Essonne's tributaries is the Juine, 53 km long, which enters from the left. The other tributaries are short streams (the Velvette, the Ru de D’Huison, the Ru de Misery off the left bank; Ru de Boigny and the Ru de Ballancourt off the right bank).

From Corbeil-Essonnes to its terminus at Malesherbes, the RER D runs along the valley of the Essonne. Part of the basin feeding the Essonne, as well as its course between Malesherbes and La Ferté-Alais, are in the parc naturel régional du Gâtinais français.

Communes

The Essonne runs through the communes of:

; In Loiret : : La Neuville-sur-Essonne ~ Aulnay-la-Rivière ~ Ondreville-sur-Essonne ~ Briarres-sur-Essonne ~ Dimancheville ~ Orville ~ Augerville-la-Rivière

; In Seine-et-Marne : : Boulancourt ~ Buthiers

; In Loiret : : Malesherbes

; In Seine-et-Marne : Nanteau-sur-Essonne

; In Essonne : : Boigneville ~ Prunay-sur-Essonne ~ Buno-Bonnevaux ~ Gironville-sur-Essonne ~ Maisse ~ Courdimanche-sur-Essonne ~ Boutigny-sur-Essonne ~ Vayres-sur-Essonne ~ Guigneville-sur-Essonne ~ La Ferté-Alais ~ Baulne ~ Itteville ~ Ballancourt-sur-Essonne ~ Vert-le-Petit ~ Fontenay-le-Vicomte ~ Écharcon ~ Mennecy ~ Lisses ~ Ormoy ~ Villabé ~ Corbeil-Essonnes

Hydrology

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References

References

1. (20 February 2017). "Goddesses in Celtic Religion: Water Goddesses".
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