Guide Note
With its historical architecture, which includes churches and the chateaus of past monarchs, Étampes is the top tourist destination in the Essonne department.1
The town has 26 registered monuments,2 including the Château d'Étampes, the Hôtel de Ville and the Portereaux.
Fast Facts
- Country: France
- Region: Île-de-France
- Mayor: Franck Marlin
- Language spoken: French
- Population: 26,0001
- Currency: Euro
- Country code: 33
- Time zone: CET
2008 Tour de France
Étampes is the departure town for stage 21--the final stage--of the 2008 Tour de France. On July 27, cyclists will trek 143 kilometers through the hilly Chevreuse Valley and down the Champs-Élysées.3
The stage will end in Paris.
Other Tour de France Cities
- Plumelec
- Lavelanet
- Bagneres de Bigorre
- Cerilly
- Cuneo
- Digne les Bains
- Figeac
- Foix
- Hautacam
- Lannemezan
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