Le Bourget () is a

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in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The commune features Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hosts the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Air and Space Museum). 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. The

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is also headquartered on the airport grounds and in Le Bourget proper.

Transport

Rail

Le Bourget is served by Le Bourget 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, 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

The town is served by two major Highways (Autoroutes),

A1 autoroute The A1 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes. With a length of , it connects Paris with the northern city of Lille. It is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et ...

in the north of the town, and

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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).

Air

Paris–Le Bourget Airport Paris–Le Bourget Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget) is an airport located within portions of the communes of Le Bourget, Bonneuil-en-France, Dugny and Gonesse, north-northeast of Paris, France. Once Paris's principal ...

is the first business flights airport in Europe. It connects with 800 destinations in Europe. On May 8, 1927, the White Bird took off from Le Bourget and its pilots, Charles Nungesser and François Coli, hoped to reach New York City without stopovers. Unfortunately the plane disappeared without a trace. It was finally

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

who made the first air crossing of the North Atlantic between New York and

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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

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signed between Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy represented respectively by

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, Edouard Daladier, Neville Chamberlain and Benito Mussolini (who had acted as intermediary).

Population

Culture

The world-renowned

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is located in Le Bourget airport area.

Government and infrastructure

Le Bourget houses the ''Crèche intercommunale Maryse Bastié'', an intercommunal

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Education

École maternelle Saint-Exupéry is the sole ''maternelle'' public nursery school in Le Bourget, while École primaire Louis Blériot is the sole ''élémentaire''- only public school in Le Bourget. Two municipal schools, Groupe scolaire Jean Jaurès and Groupe scolaire Jean Mermoz, serve both the ''maternelle'' and ''élémentaire'' levels. Collège Didier Daurat is the sole municipal ''collège'' (junior high school). There is one public high school, Lycée Germaine Tillion (Lycée du Bourget). Institution Privée Sainte-Marie, serving the ''maternelle'', ''élémentaire'' and ''collège'' levels, is the sole private school in Le Bourget. The Le Bourget Public Library has 45,000 books and almost 100 magazines. It is located within the Urban Community of Le Bourget Airport (''Communauté d'Agglomération de l'Aéroport du Bourget'').

Notable inhabitants

* Germinal Pierre Dandelin (12 April 1794 – 15 February 1847) was a mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering. * Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (March 18, 1886 – February 24, 1941), born in Posen (now Poznań,

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) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during

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. * Bernard Tapie (1943), lived at the Bourget in the years 1950/1960 where he attended the Edgard-Quinet school (now 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. *

Vincent Capo-Canellas Vincent Capo-Canellas (born 1967) is a French politician. He serves as a Senator for Seine-Saint-Denis. Biography Early life Vincent Capo-Canellas was born on 4 May 1967 in Nîmes. He received a degree in Political Science. Career Prior to po ...

(born 1967) is a French politician. He serves as a Senator for

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. * Franck Silvestre (1967), former French footballer, was trained at the Bourget football school from 1975 to 1983.

International relations

Le Bourget has been twinned with

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, since 1979 and Zhukovsky in Russia.

Gallery

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(BEA) at Le Bourget Airport

References

External links

Commune of Le Bourget
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourget Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis Venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic shooting venues Seine-Saint-Denis communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia