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Brétigny-sur-Orge (pronounced [bʁe.ti.ɲi.syʁ.ɔʁʒ]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, 26.7 km (16.6 mi) from the city center.

On 12 July 2013, a train crash occurred in the commune of Brétigny-sur-Orge in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, when a passenger train carrying 385 people derailed and hit the station platform. Six people were killed and nearly 200 were injured.The accident was cited as the most serious rail crash in France since the 1988 Gare de Lyon accident in which 56 people were killed.

Brétigny is a railway station located in Brétigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, Paris, France. The station was opened in 1865 and is located on the Paris–Bordeaux railway and Paris–Tours railway. The station is served by Paris' express suburban rail system, the RER. The train services are operated by SNCF.It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the centre of Paris.

Le Plessis-Pâté is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.Inhabitants of Le Plessis-Pâté are known as Plesséiens.

The canton of Brétigny-sur-Orge is an administrative division of the Essonne department, Île-de-France region, northern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Brétigny-sur-Orge.It consists of the following communes:Brétigny-sur-OrgeLeudevilleLongpont-sur-OrgeMarolles-en-HurepoixSaint-Michel-sur-OrgeSaint-Vrain