Courbevoie () is a
commune located in the
Hauts-de-Seine Department of the
Île-de-France
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region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of
Paris
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, from the
center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the city limits of Paris.
La Défense, a business district hosting the
tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, spreads over the southern part of Courbevoie (as well as parts of
Puteaux and
Nanterre).
Name
The name Courbevoie comes from
Latin
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''Curva Via'' and means "curved highway", allegedly in reference to a
Roman road from Paris to Normandy that made a sharp turn to climb the hill over which Courbevoie was built.
Administration
Courbevoie is divided into two
cantons:
Canton of Courbevoie-1 and
Canton of Courbevoie-2.
History
A wooden bridge was built crossing the Seine at Courbevoie by order of
King Henry IV when in 1606 his royal coach fell into the river while being transported by ferry. Rebuilt in stone during the eighteenth century, this was replaced by a metal bridge in 1946.
The Convent of the Penitents founded in 1658 by Jean-Baptiste Forne was located in Courbevoie until the Revolution of 1789. Also located in the town was the barracks of the
Swiss Guard of the monarchy.
Transport
Courbevoie is served by two stations on the
Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line:
Courbevoie and
Bécon-les-Bruyères. Courbevoie is also served by
Esplanade de La Défense station on
Paris Métro Line 1, in the business district of La Défense.
There are also a large number of city buses that come through the bustling La Défense station.
When it comes to air transportation, Courbevoie can be served by Paris's
Charles de Gaulle Airport
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as well as Paris-Orly to the south and Beauvais Airport to the north.
Education
Courbevoie has multiple preschools and elementary schools. Junior high schools include:
* Collège Alfred de Vigny
* Collège Georges Pompidou
* Collège Georges Seurat
* Collège Les Bruyères
* Collège Les Renardières
* Collège Sainte Geneviève
Senior high schools include:
*
École européenne Paris La Défense
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savo ...
*
Lycée Paul Lapie de Courbevoie
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
*
Lycée Paul Painlevé Courbevoie
*
Collège Les renardières et Lycée Lucie Aubrac
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
*
Groupe scolaire Montalembert
Notable people
*
Georges Lamothe (1842–1894), composer, pianist and organist
*
Henri Letocart (1866–1945), organist and composer
*
Hélène Krzyżanowska (1867–1937), pianist and composer
*
Albert Gleizes (1881–1953),
cubist artist, painter, theorist
*
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), writer
*
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Jacques Henri Lartigue (; 13 June 1894 – 12 September 1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models.
Biography
Born in Courbevoie in western Paris to a ...
(1894–1986), photographer and painter
*
Arletty (1898–1992), actress and singer
*
Roy Benson (1914–1977), stage magician
*
Louis de Funès (1914–1983), actor and comedian
*
Henri Betti (1917–2005), composer
*
Madeleine Kamman
Madeleine Kamman (22 November 1930 – 16 July 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur, cookery teacher and author of seven cookbooks, who spent most of her working life in America bringing the rigors of French technique to American ingredients an ...
(1930–2018), cook, culinary teacher, and author
*
Jean-Pierre Worms (1934–2019), representative to the French Parliament
*
Michel Delpech (1946–2016), singer-songwriter
*
Michel Blanc (b. 1952), actor
*
Franck Tchiloemba
Franck Tchiloemba (born January 4, 1973 in Courbevoie
Courbevoie () is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of Paris, from the center of Paris. The centr ...
(b.1973), basketball player
*
Colomba Fofana (b. 1977), athlete
*
Lamine Kanté (b. 1987), basketball player
*
Massiré Kanté
Massiré Kanté (born 31 March 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Mulhouse.
Career
Kanté made his Ligue 2 debut during the 2011–12 season for Le Mans
Le Mans (, ) is a c ...
(b. 1989), footballer
*
Axel Augis
Axel Louis Augis (born 6 December 1990) is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
)
, natio ...
(b. 1990), gymnast
*
William Rémy
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(b. 1991), footballer
*
Yoann Wachter (b. 1992), footballer
*
Marie-Bernadette Mbuyamba (b. 1993), basketball player
International relations
Courbevoie is
twinned with:
*
Enfield Town
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(
London
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), United Kingdom
*
Freudenstadt (
Baden-Württemberg
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), Germany
*
Beit Mery
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(
Mount Lebanon), Lebanon
Mayors of Courbevoie
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Antoine Le Frique
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The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...
(1800–1818)
*
Joseph Derbanne (October, 1818 – February, 1826)
*
Nicolas Rousselot
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People Given name
* Nicolas (given name)
Mononym
* Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer
* Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Surname Nicolas
* Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...
(February 1826 – April 1830)
*
Jean-Baptiste Chevalier (April 1830 – August 1830)
*
Constant Grebaut
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Mathematics
* Constant (mathematics), a non-varying value
* Mathematical constant, a special number that arises naturally in mathematics, such as or
Other concepts
* Control variable or scientific const ...
(August 1830 – September 1840)
*
Désiré Maurenq (September 1840 – 1845)
*
Constant Grebaut
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Mathematics
* Constant (mathematics), a non-varying value
* Mathematical constant, a special number that arises naturally in mathematics, such as or
Other concepts
* Control variable or scientific const ...
(1845 – 26 August 1865)
*
Charles Blondel (26 August 1865 – 7 February 1872)
*
Jean-François Durenne (7 February 1872 – November 1873)
*
Jean-Baptiste Weiss (November 1873 – 20 February 1874)
*
Auguste Colas (20 February 1874 – 12 February 1878)
*
Frédéric Bourgin (12 February 1878 – October 1878)
*
Auguste Bailly
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(October 1878 – 19 May 1888)
*
Antoine Rolland (19 May 1888 – 15 May 1892)
*
Jules Lefevre
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People with the name
*Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer
*Jules Abadie (1876–195 ...
(15 May 1892 – 27 January 1894)
*
François le Chippey (27 January 1894 – May 1896)
*
Léon Boursier (May 1896 – May 1908)
*
Charles Mering (May 1908 – December 1919)
*
Augustin Loiseau (December 1919 – October 1920)
*
Joseph Victor (October 1920 – May 1925)
*
Pierre Fouquart (May 1925 – September 1927)
*
André Grisoni (September 1927 – July 1944)
*
Gabriel Roche (September 1944 – 26 October 1947)
*
Marius Guerre (26 October 1947 – 20 December 1954)
*
Gabriel Roche (26 January 1955 – 15 March 1959)
*
Charles Deprez (26 March 1959 – 18 June 1995)
*
Jacques Kossowski (since 25 June 1995)
Demographics
Population
Immigration
Economy
Total S.A. has its head office in the
Tour Total in
La Défense and in Courbevoie.
Areva has its head office in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie.
Saint-Gobain also has its head office in Courbevoie.
The headquarters of
INPI, the French government office for patents, copyrights, and trademarks, is in Courbevoie.
Contact us
at INPI official web site
Gallery
Image:Courbevoie 4.JPG, Street at the border between Courbevoie and Asnières
Image:Georges Seurat 012.jpg, Bridge of Courbevoie, Georges Seurat, 1886–1887
See also
* La Défense business district.
* List of tallest structures in Paris
* Phare Tower, a 300-meter skyscraper now under construction
* Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
References
External links
Courbevoie official website
Courbevoie Community portal
blog about Courbevoie
{{Authority control
Communes of Hauts-de-Seine
Cities in Île-de-France
Hauts-de-Seine communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia