Villabé A6

Villabé A6 is a shopping centre located in the French commune of Villabé, in the Essonne department of the Île-de-France region, on the edge of the A6 motorway — the source of its name. It opened in 1992 as part of a broader urban development project carried out with the municipality of Villabé in the late 1980s, which also included a residential zone known as the ZAC des Demoiselles. The centre sits in the sparsely urbanised part of the commune, in the plain known as les Brateaux, separated from the village itself by the A6 motorway. The centre is anchored by a Carrefour hypermarket of approximately 13,000 m² and contains around 45 shops. Its retail mix includes clothing and accessories stores, fast-food outlets, a pharmacy, opticians, jewellers, a chocolate shop, a hair salon, a perfumery and a bank branch. Outside the covered gallery there are additional units, including a Grand Frais grocery store, an auto repair shop, restaurants, a bakery, a butcher and hard-discount or clearance outlets. Villabé A6 was at one time a competitor of the Évry 2 shopping centre. However, when Carrefour acquired the Euromarché chain — which operated the hypermarket at Évry 2 — the two centres found themselves with hypermarkets under the same banner, leading to a status quo. The centre's catchment area covers the communes of Lisses, Corbeil-Essonnes, Évry-Courcouronnes, Mennecy, Ormoy, Écharcon, Le Coudray-Montceaux, Fontenay-le-Vicomte and rural communes south of Mennecy. The site is well connected by road and public transport. The A6 motorway (Autoroute du soleil) provides direct access via exit 9 (Villabé / Lisses). Several bus lines serve the centre: line 4244 of the Évry Centre Essonne network links Fleury-Mérogis (ZAC de la Croix Blanche) to Villabé A6; line 4245 of the same network connects Corbeil-Essonnes station to Évry-Courcouronnes station; and line 4334 of the Essonne Sud Est network links Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes to Écharcon. Lines 4245 and 4334 provide access to Villabé station, served by RER line D, in about five minutes. As a Carrefour-anchored regional shopping centre, Villabé A6 serves the southern Essonne area. Its official website is hosted at carrefour-villabe.fr.

Villabé A6 opened in 1992. Its establishment in Villabé formed part of a wider urban development project conducted with the municipality of Villabé in the late 1980s. That project notably included the development of a residential zone on the Villabé side, known as the ZAC des Demoiselles. The shopping centre was built in the sparsely urbanised part of the commune, in the plain called les Brateaux, separated from the village by the A6 motorway. At one point, Villabé A6 was a competitor of the Évry 2 shopping centre. However, the acquisition of the Euromarché chain — which operated the hypermarket at Évry 2 — by the Carrefour group resulted in a status quo, because both shopping centres then had hypermarkets under the same banner. This situation shaped the competitive landscape of the two centres. The centre has since operated as a Carrefour-anchored shopping destination. Its catchment area comprises the communes of Lisses, Corbeil-Essonnes, Évry-Courcouronnes, Mennecy, Ormoy, Écharcon, Le Coudray-Montceaux, Fontenay-le-Vicomte and rural communes south of Mennecy. The centre contains 45 shops, including a Carrefour hypermarket of approximately 13,000 m², clothing and accessories stores, fast-food outlets, a pharmacy, opticians, jewellers, a chocolate shop, a hair salon, a perfumery and a bank branch. Outside the shopping gallery there are also a Grand Frais store, an auto repair shop, restaurants, a bakery, a butcher and hard-discount or clearance outlets. Access is provided by the A6 motorway (Autoroute du soleil) via exit 9 (Villabé / Lisses). Bus lines 4244 and 4245 of the Évry Centre Essonne network and line 4334 of the Essonne Sud Est network serve the centre; lines 4245 and 4334 give access to Villabé station, served by RER line D, in five minutes.

• 1992

  Villabé A6 shopping centre inaugurated.

• Carrefour acquires Euromarché, leading to a status quo with Évry 2 shopping centre.

Regional shopping centre anchored by a Carrefour hypermarket, serving southern Essonne with direct motorway access.

• Carrefour hypermarket

  Approximately 13,000 m² hypermarket anchoring the centre.

• 45 shops

  Clothing, accessories, fast food, pharmacy, opticians, jewellers, chocolate shop, hair salon, perfumery, bank branch.

• Grand Frais

  Grocery store located outside the shopping gallery.

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2. 2Villabé A6 - Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org