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The Essonne department was created on 1 January 1968, [why?] from the southern portion of the former department of Seine-et-Oise. In June 1963, Carrefour S.A. opened the first hypermarket in the Paris region at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (although the word "hypermarché" was first used only in 1966).
Essonne early occupation dates back to the Upper Paleolithic and can be explained by the incomparable fertility of our lands. Walls and fortresses. From the “Hundred Years War” to the Wars of Religion, Essonne has not lived apart from the looting, sieges and exactions that marked these tragic periods in French history.
The German occupation of north-east France refers to the period in which French territory, mostly along the border with Belgium and Luxembourg, was under military occupation by the German Empire during World War I.
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During and after the First World War, Italy experienced different kinds of occupation. The Italian occupation of the border areas in 1915-1917 was followed by the Austro-German occupation in 1917-1918 after the Caporetto defeat. Then, in 1918-1919, in the wake of the victorious offensive of Vittorio Veneto, the Italian army occupied the ...
Because of its privileged geographical situation which places it to the south of the capital, Essonne has inherited the abundant history of the Parisian basin.
The Armistice agreement foresaw the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine, the dates of which were set by the Treaty of Versailles. The inter-allied occupation was a long-term endeavour: the French settled in the south and the Belgians in the north of the Rhine basin.
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