Located in: [[Île-de-France]]. [[Essonne]] is a department in the southern part of the [[Île-de-France]] region. It has borders with the departments of [[Hauts-de-Seine]] and [[Val-de-Marne]] to the north, [[Seine-et-Marne]] to the east, [[Loiret]] to the south, and [[Eure-et-Loir]] and [[Yvelines]] to the west.