Tremblay-en-France (; ) is a

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in the north-eastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris. More than one-quarter of

Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, ), also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG, is the principal airport serving the French capital, Paris ( and its metropolitan area), and the largest intern ...

lies within the territory of the commune of Tremblay-en-France, in particular terminals 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D (the other terminals lie in the territory of other communes). It is the largest, by area, of the so-called ''petite couronne'' (inner ring) suburbs of Paris. The corporate head office of

Air France Air France (; formally ''Société Air France, S.A.''), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global a ...

and

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lie within Tremblay.

History

Originally called Tremblay-lès-Gonesse (meaning "Tremblay

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Gonesse Gonesse () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The commune lies immediately north of Le Bourget Airport, and it is six kilometres (four miles) south- ...

"), the commune was officially renamed Tremblay-en-France (meaning "Tremblay in the ''

pays de France The Pays de France (, literally ''Land of France''), also called the Parisis () or Plaine de France (), is a natural region located in the Île-de-France administrative region to the north of Paris, France. It is essentially a silt plain devoted ...

''", see

Roissy-en-France Roissy-en-France (, literally ''Roissy in France''; colloquially simply called Roissy) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France, in the Val-d'Oise department. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population ...

for an explanation) on 20 August 1989.

Heraldry

Transport

The part of

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, ), also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG, is the principal airport serving the French capital, Paris ( and its metropolitan area), and the largest intern ...

that lies within the territory of the commune of Tremblay-en-France is served by two stations on Paris RER line : Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 and

Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 – TGV Aéroport is the place of Gustaf III Airport, in ''quartier'' Saint-Jean of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that con ...

. This last station is an interchange station with TGV national rail lines. The inhabited area of Tremblay-en-France, however, is served by Vert-Galant station on Paris RER line . This station is located at the border between the commune of Tremblay-en-France and the commune of Villepinte, on the Villepinte side of the border.

Notable residents

* Jonathan Joseph-Augustin, footballer

Economy

's head office is located in the Roissypôle complex,AIR FRANCE HEAD QUARTERS - ROISSYPOLE
" Groupement d'Etudes et de Méthodes d'Ordonnancement (GEMO). Retrieved on 20 September 2009. on the grounds of

and in Tremblay-en-France. The complex opened in December 1995. The complex also has the head office of

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. Europe Airpost has its head office in the Bâtiment Le Séquoia in the commune.

Servair Servair is a subsidiary of Air France (50,01%) and Swiss catering company Gategroup (49,99%), specialised in airline catering. Servair has its head office in the Continental Square complex in Roissypôle, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and in ...

, an Air France subsidiary, has its head office in Continental Square.

Paris Aéroport Aéroports de Paris S.A., doing business as Paris Aéroport and formerly as Aéroports de Paris or ADP, is the brand owned by Groupe ADP that applies to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris Orly Airport, and Paris Le Bourget Airport. It is headq ...

is also headquartered on the airport grounds and in Tremblay. At one point Virgin Express France (originally named Air Provence Charter), a subsidiary of

Virgin Express N.V. Virgin Express S.A. was a Belgian airline created within the Virgin Group. It operated flights mainly to southern Europe from its hub at Brussels Airport. Ticket sales were mainly through the Internet. The airline merged with SN Brussels Ai ...

, had its headquarters in Tremblay.

Education

Tremblay-en-France has 12 ''écoles maternelles'', 14 ''écoles élémentaires'', three ''collèges'', and two ''lycées''. The ''collèges'' are Descartes, R. Rolland, and P. de Ronsard. The ''lycées'' are Lycée Enseignement Professionnel Hélène Boucher and Lycée Polyvalent Leonard de Vinci. The École Pierre-Brossolette had been targeted for closure, prompting protests from students asking the commune to not have the school closed.Des écoles de Tremblay menacées par les fermetures de classe
" Tremblay-en-France. Retrieved on 19 June 2010. "La communauté éducative mobilisée Inquiétude pour les parents d’élèves de l’école Pierre Brossolette après l’annonce de la fermeture d’une classe à la rentrée prochaine. La ville a mis en garde l’Inspection académique sur « les conséquences désastreuses » d’une telle décision. On craint également des fermetures dans les écoles maternelle et élémentaire Paul-Langevin."

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Notable residents

Economy

Education

Demography

Notable buildings

See also

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