Place:La Ferté-Alais, Essonne, France

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NameLa Ferté-Alais
TypeCommune
Located inEssonne, France
Also located inSeine-et-Oise, Île-de-France, France    
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La Ferté-Alais is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is south of Paris. It used to be a fortress closing the access to the French royal estate from the Essonne valley, then became an industrial village with sand and stones. 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.

Inhabitants of La Ferté-Alais are known as Fertois.

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