Noisy-le-Grand

Noisy-le-Grand
Paris and inner ring departments
Location within Île-de-France region  Noisy-le-Grand
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Canton	Noisy-le-Grand
Mayor	Michel Pajon
Statistics
Elevation	36–113 m (118–371 ft)
Land area1	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Population2	63,005  (2006)
- Density	4,865 /km2 (12,600 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	93051/ 93160
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°50′52″N 2°33′10″E / 48.847751°N 2.552791°E / 48.847751; 2.552791

Noisy-le-Grand (pronounced: [nwa.zi.lə.gʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.2 km (9.4 mi) from the center of Paris.

The commune of Noisy-le-Grand is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.

Name

The name Noisy comes from Medieval Latin nucetum , meaning "walnut grove", after the walnut trees (French: noyers) covering the territory of Noisy-le-Grand in ancient times.

The epithet "le-Grand" (Medieval Latin: Magnum), meaning "the Great", was added in the Middle Ages, probably to distinguish Noisy-le-Grand from the smaller settlement of Noisy-le-Sec, which was sometimes referred to as Nucenum Minus ("Noisy the Small").

Heraldry

arms of Noisy-le-Grand : Azure, on a chevron Or an antique crown azure, between 3 nuts, and a base of waves argent.[1]

Demographics

As a lot of other Seine-Saint-Denis towns, the commune is a very cosmopolitan city, home of many communities, with a lot of his locals coming from various continents and countries. It has a large African population, mostly from Sub-Saharan countries (Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast and many others) and East Asian countries, such as China, Vietnam and Cambodia. The city also includes significant, but less numerous, communities from Portugal and North African countries like Morocco and Algeria. Recently, the department, and the Parisian suburbs in general, has seen a new wave of immigration coming from Eastern Europe. Noisy-le-Grand now has communities from former Eastern Bloc countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Russia.

Administration

The canton of Noisy-le-Grand comprises two communes: Noisy-le-Grand and Gournay-sur-Marne.

Economy

Previously Star Airlines (now XL Airways France) had its headquarters in the Immeuble Horizon building in the commune,^[2] in the Marne-la-Vallée development. Cédric Pastrour, the founder of the airline, said that the company chose the Noisy site because the airline did not yet know which airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport or Orly Airport, would serve as the airline's base, and that the Noisy site was equidistant to both airports. Pastour added that the Noisy site had access to the A4 and the A86 autoroutes and was close to the Francilienne, and that the costs in the Noisy area were lower than the costs in the airport area.^[3]

Transport

Noisy-le-Grand is served by two stations on Paris RER line A: Noisy-le-Grand – Mont d'Est and Noisy – Champs.

Noisy-le-Grand is also served by Les Yvris – Noisy-le-Grand station on Paris RER line E.

See also

Paris portal

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Banque du Blason
2. ^ "Contacts." Star Airlines. 11 February 2004. Retrieved on 18 June 2010. "STAR AIRLINES Immeuble Horizon 10 allée Bienvenue 93885 NOISY LE GRAND Cédex."
3. ^ "Star Airlines : décollage réussi." Les Echos. 12 January 1998. #17561, Page 21. Retrieved on 18 June 2010. "ce transporteur aérien a choisi de s'installer à Noisy-le-Grand, l'un des pôles en développement de la Seine-Saint-Denis, dans le périmètre de la ville nouvelle de Marne-la-Vallée. « Nous nous sommes implantés là car nous ne savions pas encore de quel aéroport _ Orly ou Roissy _ décolleraient nos avions. Or Noisy-le-Grand est à égale distance des deux sites et bénéficie d'un noeud autoroutier : l'A4, l'A86, la Francilienne pas loin. Et le coût y est moindre que dans une zone aéroportuaire », confie Cédric Pastour, le PDG, ancien directeur général adjoint d'Air Liberté au côté de Lotfi Belhassine.

External links

• Official website