La Ferté-Alais

French commune
nomcommune=La Ferté-Alais


caption=View of La Ferté Alais from the east, looking over the town towards the airfield


x=139
y=84
lat_long=coord|48|29|01|N|2|20|58|E|region:FR_type:city
insee=91232
cp=91590
région=Île-de-France
département=Essonne
arrondissement=Étampes
canton=La Ferté-Alais (chief town)
maire=Christian Karrer
mandat=2008-2014
alt mini=53 m
alt maxi=142 m
km²=4.55
sans=3,556
date-sans=1999
dens=782
date-dens=1999|

La Ferté-Alais is a small town and commune of 3,000 in the Essonne "département", France. It is 52 km south of Paris.

Its airfield (in Cerny really), hosts a world-famous air show for vintage World War I and WWII aircraft and a museum of such aircraft.

It even has the aircraft (still airworthy) that Louis Blériot used to cross the English Channel in 1909.

Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was formatnum:3556. The estimate for 2004 was formatnum:3962.

Inhabitants of La Ferté-Alais are known as "Fertois".

ee also

*Communes of the Essonne department

References

* [http://www.ume.asso.fr Mayors of Essonne Association] fr icon
* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon

External links

* [http://www.lafertealais.fr Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=91232 Mérimée database - Cultural heritage] fr icon
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos91232.html Land use (IAURIF)] en icon