Gonesse

French commune
nomcommune=Gonesse


caption=Town hall
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mapcaption=Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
région=Île-de-France
département=Val-d'Oise
arrondissement=Sarcelles
canton=Gonesse (chief town)
intercomm="none as of 2008"
maire=Jean-Pierre Blazy
mandat=2001-...-2014
latitude=48.9875
longitude=2.4494
alt mini=
alt maxi=
km²=20.09
sans=
26,400
24,721
date-sans=Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
dens=1,314|date-dens=2005
insee=95280
cp=95190

Gonesse is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.5 km. (10.2 miles) from the centre of Paris.

It is located immediately north of Le Bourget Airport and southwest of Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

History

*King Philip Augustus was born here on 21 August 1165.
*On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic airliner crashed in Gonesse.

Transport

Gonesse is served neither by the Paris Métro, RER, nor the suburban rail network. The closest station to Gonesse is Villiers-le-Bel – Gonesse – Arnouville station on Paris RER line D. This station is located in the neighbouring commune of Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, 2.6 km.(1.6 miles) from Gonesse town centre.

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was formatnum:24721.
The estimate for 2005 was formatnum:26100.

ee also

*Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

* [http://www.uniondesmairesduvaldoise.fr Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise] fr icon
* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon

External links

* [http://www.ville-gonesse.fr Official website] fr icon
* [http://gonesse.free.fr Gonesse website] fr icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=95277 Mérimée database - Cultural heritage] fr icon
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos95277.html Land use (IAURIF)] en icon