About 25 kilometers away from downtown area of Paris, Essonne has a population of approximately 1.3 million with an area of 1,804 km². It is strong in education, science and technology. Essonne is home to headquarters of multiple well-known Fortune Global 500 companies such as Carrefour, Renault and Accor. Some other famous international companies such as Ericsson, Motorola, Alcatel, and Danone have also established R&D and manufacturing bases here.

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