What is the highest city in Essonne?

Les Ulis, at 154 m, ahead of Dourdan (138 m).

What is the lowest city in Essonne?

Vigneux-sur-Seine, at 45 m. 38 cities of Essonne are measured here.

Where does Les Ulis stand in France?

341 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Essonne?

Les Ulis (154 m), Dourdan (138 m), Étampes (128 m), Gif-sur-Yvette (123 m), Verrières-le-Buisson (121 m). The whole table is on this page.

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The highest cities in Essonne

Les Ulis is the highest city in Essonne, at 154 m, ahead of Dourdan (138 m) and Étampes (128 m). At the other end, Vigneux-sur-Seine is the lowest city, at 45 m.

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The 38 cities of Essonne ranked on altitude
Rank	City	Altitude	Population
1	Les Ulis	154 m	25,886
2	Dourdan	138 m	11,415
3	Étampes	128 m	26,857
4	Gif-sur-Yvette	123 m	22,544
5	Verrières-le-Buisson	121 m	15,057
6	Palaiseau	118 m	37,471
7	Orsay	113 m	16,498
8	Villebon-sur-Yvette	99 m	10,291
9	Igny	98 m	10,833
10	Saint-Pierre-du-Perray	87 m	11,993
11	Morangis	83 m	14,129
12	Fleury-Mérogis	82 m	13,721
13	Massy	81 m	51,729
14	Bondoufle	80 m	10,767
15	Chilly-Mazarin	78 m	20,443
16	Yerres	76 m	27,906
17	Brétigny-sur-Orge	75 m	26,658
18	Mennecy	75 m	16,433
19	Savigny-sur-Orge	74 m	37,601
20	Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois	74 m	35,438
21	Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon	74 m	11,623
22	Morsang-sur-Orge	73 m	21,667
23	Évry-Courcouronnes	71 m	66,919
24	Brunoy	70 m	25,643
25	Montgeron	70 m	24,022
26	Athis-Mons	69 m	36,613
27	Arpajon	68 m	11,698
28	Épinay-sous-Sénart	68 m	11,611
29	Ris-Orangis	67 m	31,189
30	Saint-Michel-sur-Orge	66 m	21,776
31	Épinay-sur-Orge	63 m	10,722
32	Grigny	62 m	26,842
33	Draveil	61 m	30,098
34	Longjumeau	60 m	21,996
35	Juvisy-sur-Orge	60 m	19,292
36	Corbeil-Essonnes	55 m	54,471
37	Viry-Châtillon	54 m	30,838
38	Vigneux-sur-Seine	45 m	31,466

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

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What is the highest city in Essonne?: Les Ulis, at 154 m, ahead of Dourdan (138 m).
What is the lowest city in Essonne?: Vigneux-sur-Seine, at 45 m. 38 cities of Essonne are measured here.
Where does Les Ulis stand in France?: 341 of the 1,111 French cities measured on altitude. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Essonne?: Les Ulis (154 m), Dourdan (138 m), Étampes (128 m), Gif-sur-Yvette (123 m), Verrières-le-Buisson (121 m). The whole table is on this page.