title: Limours
text: # Limours
  
  Limours, often referred to as Limours-en-Hurepoix (French pronunciation: (listen)) is a commune the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Limours is located 30 km (19 mi) from Paris.
  
  ## Population
  
  Inhabitants of Limours are known as Limouriens in French.
  
  ## Pays de Limours
  
  Limours gives its name to, and is the most populated town of, the Communauté de communes du Pays de Limours, which aggregates fourteen Essonne communes. The administrative seat of the communauté, however, is in Briis-sous-Forges rather than Limours itself.
  
  List of Pays de Limours member towns:
  
  * Angervilliers
  * Boullay-les-Troux
  * Briis-sous-Forges
  * Courson-Monteloup
  * Fontenay-lès-Briis
  * Forges-les-Bains
  * Gometz-la-Ville
  * Janvry
  * Les Molières
  * Limours
  * Pecqueuse
  * Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard
  * Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne
  * Vaugrigneuse
  