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 ÃŽle-de-France administrative region to the north of Paris, France. It is essentially a silt plain devot ...
), colloquially simply called Roissy, is a commune in the northeastern outer suburbs of
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, France, in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the ÃŽle-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.< ...
Charles de Gaulle Airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport , also known as Roissy Airport, is the primary international airport serving Paris, the capital city of France. The airport opened in 1974 and is located in Roissy-en-France, northeast of Paris. It is named for ...
(France's main airport) is located in the commune (but none of its terminals), which gave its name to the airport originally. Later renamed, the airport is still commonly referred to as "Roissy" in France. The rest of the airport lies on the territory of
Tremblay-en-France
Tremblay-en-France (, ; before 1989: ''Tremblay-lès-Gonesse'',France
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but to an area (''pays'') of the historical
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
ÃŽle-de-France
The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
. ÃŽle-de-France was made up of several ''pays'', most notably
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 ÃŽle-de-France administrative region to the north of Paris, France. It is essentially a silt plain devot ...
and
Hurepoix
Hurepoix () is an area of the ÃŽle-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan.
Geography
This area is ...
. Pays de France was the fertile plain located immediately north of the City of Paris, with the city of Saint-Denis at its centre. Pays de France is now almost entirely built up and is covered by the northern suburbs of Paris. Pays de France is also known as "Parisis" and as the ''plaine de France'' ("plain of France"), and its name still appears in the name of some communes in the northern suburbs of Paris, such as Roissy-en-France (which literally means "Roissy in the Pays de France").
Paris Region
Paris () is the capital and largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the 30th most densely popul ...
's express suburban rail system. This station is located inside the airport, on the part of the airport belonging to the commune of
Tremblay-en-France
Tremblay-en-France (, ; before 1989: ''Tremblay-lès-Gonesse'',Blue Line, a charter passenger airline, had its head office in Building B of Paris Nord 2, Parc des Lumières in Roissy-en-France.
oceanic climate
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Roissy-en-France is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Roissy-en-France was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.
See also
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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 Communes of France, communes of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):