(formerly Estampes), a town of France, capital of a cognominal arrondissement in the department of Seine-et-Oise, on the Paris and Orleans railway, 30 miles S. by W. of Paris. It is situated in a fertile valley on the banks of two small streams which fall into the Juine immediately below the town. Etampes is tolerably well built, and is the seat of a tribunal of primary instance, a communal college, and an agricultural society. The church of Notre-Dame is a Gothic building of the thirteenth century, having a lofty tower and spire. The church of St Martin is a very fine edifice. The tower called Guinette is all that now remains of the ancient royal castle, built in the eleventh century by King Robert. Etampes has manufactures of soap, leather, and woollen goods, and a large trade in corn. In the town and vicinity are numerous flour-mills for the supply of Paris. Pop. (1851) 8093.