There has been a settlement in what is now Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois since Roman times. Inhabitants of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois are known as Génovéfains.
It is located 23.5 km (14.6 miles) from the center of Paris, in the arrondissement of Palaiseau, Essonne department, Île-de-France. Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (often abbreviated to SGdB ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
