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

1. Country: France
2. Region: Île-de-France
3. Mayor: Franck Marlin
4. Language spoken: French
5. Population: 26,000¹
6. Currency: Euro
7. Country code: 33
8. Time zone: CET

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.

1. Plumelec
2. Lavelanet
3. Bagneres de Bigorre
4. Cerilly
5. Cuneo
6. Digne les Bains
7. Figeac
8. Foix
9. Hautacam
10. Lannemezan