Commune in Ile-de-France, France
Le Bourget
(
French pronunciation:
[l?
bu????]
ⓘ
) is a
commune
in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located
10.6 km (
6
+
9
⁄
16
mi) from the
center of Paris
.
The commune features
Le Bourget Airport
, which in turn hosts the
Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace
(Air and Space Museum).
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A very small part of Le Bourget Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. Most of the airport lies on the territory of the communes of
Dugny
,
Bonneuil-en-France
, and
Gonesse
.
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The
Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses pour la Securite de l'Aviation Civile
is also headquartered on the airport grounds and in Le Bourget proper.
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Transport
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Rail
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Le Bourget is served by
Le Bourget
rail station on Paris
RER line B
. There is also an extensive freight rail yard with international traffic to Belgium, among others.
Progressively, Le Bourget is planned to one of the principal transportation hub in the Paris North suburb : The
Tangentielle Nord
is an express tramway planned to enter in service in 2014,
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and two train stations are planned in the long term as part of the
Grand Paris Express
project with the future lines 16 and 17.
Highways
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The town is served by two major Highways (
Autoroutes
),
A1 autoroute
in the north of the town, and
A86 autoroute
in the south of the city. Those two highways ensure a direct connection to major Paris Region hubs like La Defense (A86 West), Bobigny (A86 East), Roissy
Charles de Gaulle Airport
(A1 North), Paris (A1 South).
Paris?Le Bourget Airport
is the first business flights airport in Europe. It connects with 800 destinations in Europe.
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On May 8, 1927, the White Bird (
l'Oiseau blanc
) took off from Le Bourget and its pilots,
Charles Nungesser
and
Francois Coli
, hoped to reach New York City without stopovers. The plane disappeared without a trace. It was finally
Charles Lindbergh
who made the first air crossing of the North Atlantic between New York and
Paris
on May 21, 1927. He was welcomed as the "victor" of the North Atlantic, posing on his
Spirit of St. Louis
. An enormous crowd also welcomed
Edouard Daladier
on September 29, 1938, after the signing of the
Munich Agreement
signed between Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy represented respectively by
Adolf Hitler
, Edouard Daladier,
Neville Chamberlain
and
Benito Mussolini
(who had acted as intermediary).
Population
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Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±% p.a.
|
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1968
| 9,679
| ?
|
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1975
| 10,534
| +1.22%
|
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1982
| 11,021
| +0.65%
|
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1990
| 11,699
| +0.75%
|
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1999
| 12,110
| +0.38%
|
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2007
| 12,961
| +0.85%
|
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2012
| 15,139
| +3.16%
|
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2017
| 16,594
| +1.85%
|
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2020
| 15,660
| ?1.91%
|
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Source: INSEE
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Culture
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The world-renowned
Gagosian Gallery
is located in Le Bourget airport area.
Government and infrastructure
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Le Bourget houses the
Creche intercommunale Maryse Bastie
, an intercommunal
daycare
.
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Education
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Schools
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Ecole maternelle Saint-Exupery is the sole
maternelle
public nursery school in Le Bourget, while Ecole primaire Louis Bleriot is the sole
elementaire
- only public school in Le Bourget. Two municipal schools, Groupe scolaire Jean Jaures and Groupe scolaire Jean Mermoz, serve both the
maternelle
and
elementaire
levels. College Didier Daurat is the sole municipal
college
(junior high school). There is one public high school,
Lycee Germaine Tillion
(dubbed
Lycee du Bourget
). Institution Privee Sainte-Marie, serving the
maternelle
,
elementaire
and
college
levels, is the sole private school in Le Bourget.
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Libraries
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The 350-square-metre (3,800 sq ft) Le Bourget Public Library has 45,000 books and almost 100 magazines. It is located within the Urban Community of Le Bourget Airport (
Communaute d'Agglomeration de l'Aeroport du Bourget
).
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The
Le Point d'Interrogation
media library, located in Le Bourget, a stone's throw from the
Place du Marche
and the
Town Hall,
was inaugurated in 2013 and welcomes the general public to 750 square meters on one level. It is aimed at all public and offers nearly 30,000 documents, including books, CDs, DVDs and magazine in a wide variety of genres. The library was named after the aircraft
Le Point d'Interrogation
(
the Question Mark
), piloted by French aviators
Dieudonne Costes
and
Maurice Bellonte
who performed the first westbound crossing of the North Atlantic, from Paris to New York City.
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Notable inhabitants
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- Germinal Pierre Dandelin
(April 12, 1794 ? February 15, 1847) was a mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering.
- Vizeadmiral
Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere
(March 18, 1886 ? February 24, 1941), born in
Posen
(now Pozna?,
Poland
) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during
World War I
.
- Bernard Tapie
(January 26,1943-October 3, 2021), lived at Le Bourget in the years 1950/1960 where he attended the Edgard-Quinet school (then renamed Didier-Daurat college). He lived with his parents and his younger brother Jean-Claude, at 11 Avenue Baudoin, in a very modest building that still exists.
- Jean Couvreur (August 18, 1903-July 16, 2001) was a journalist and a founding member of the
Prix Interallie
literary awards.
- Vincent Capo-Canellas
(born 1967) is a French politician. He serves as a Senator for
Seine-Saint-Denis
.
- Franck Silvestre
(1967), former French soccer player, was trained at the Bourget football school from 1975 to 1983.
International alliances
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Le Bourget has been
twinned
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with
Gallery
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