Tremblay-en-France (, ; before 1989: ''Tremblay-lès-Gonesse'',Décret du 16 août 1989 portant changement de nom de communes
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'' n° 0192, 19 August 1988, p. 10422. ) is a commune 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 , 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 ...

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 (; legally ''Société Air France, S.A.''), stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France, and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. The airline is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and is one of the founding members ...

and OEMServices lie within Tremblay.

History

Originally called Tremblay-lès-Gonesse (meaning "Tremblay near

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 approximately eight kilometres (five miles) north of Le Bourget Airport, and it is ...

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

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''", see

Roissy-en-France Roissy-en-France (, "Roissy-in-France" after the Pays de France), colloquially simply called Roissy, is a commune in the northeastern outer suburbs of Paris, France, in the Val-d'Oise department. It is located from the centre of Paris. One-q ...

for an explanation) on 20 August 1989.

Heraldry

Transport

The part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport 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. This last station is an interchange station with

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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 * Maghnes Akliouche, 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

Air France-KLM An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmospher ...

. ASL Airlines France has its head office in the Bâtiment Le Séquoia in the commune.

Servair Servair is a French airline catering company. It is subsidiary of Air France (50.01%) and Swiss catering company Gategroup (49.99%). Servair has its head office in the Continental Square complex in Roissypôle, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport ...

, an Air France subsidiary, has its head office in Continental Square. Paris Aéroport 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, 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 Léonard 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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Heraldry

Transport

Notable residents

Economy

Education

Demography

Notable buildings

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