Juvisy-sur-Orge

Coordinates: 48°41′20″N 2°22′42″E / 48.6889°N 2.3783°E / 48.6889; 2.3783

Juvisy-sur-Orge is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located 18 km south-east of Paris.

Inhabitants of Juvisy-sur-Orge are known as Juvisiens.

The site of the town has been occupied from ancient times; it is noted in Julius Caesar's book about the Gallic Wars. Centuries later, It then became an important place under the French monarchy as it was a royal hotel. It would also be used as a post relay and was the first one on the road to Fontainebleau. It became a major road and railway junction back in the 1840s as its railway station was built in 1840 and it was the first city surrounding Paris that had, at this point, a bridge (built in 1893) crossing the river Seine.

Most of the city was destroyed in April 1944 by an Allied bombing as the city was the only one surrounding Paris that had such a big railway station and had railway lines going to most of France's major cities. It was then rebuilt between 1945 and the 1970s.

The city is today known for having the fourth largest and most-frequented railway station in the Paris area.