Courbevoie () is a

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located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the

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region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of

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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 Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering t ...

Name

The name Courbevoie comes from

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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

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: 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

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of the monarchy.

Transport

Courbevoie is served by two stations on the

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suburban rail line: Courbevoie and Bécon-les-Bruyères. Courbevoie is also served by Esplanade de La Défense station on

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, 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

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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 *

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 between ...

Lycée Paul Painlevé 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 between ...

* Collège Les renardières et Lycée Lucie Aubrac *

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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 Albert Gleizes (; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on ...

(1881–1953), cubist artist, painter, theorist *

Louis-Ferdinand Céline Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' Pr ...

(1894–1961), writer * Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986), photographer and painter *

Arletty Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat (15 May 1898 – 23 July 1992), known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including '' Hotel du N ...

(1898–1992), actress and singer *

Roy Benson Roy Benson (January 17, 1914 – December 6, 1977) was a stage magic (illusion), magician born in Courbevoie in France. He was an accomplished musician. He is credited for Special Effects, having created the monster for the film ''The Flesh E ...

(1914–1977), stage magician *

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...

(1914–1983), actor and comedian *

Henri Betti Henri Betti, born Ange Betti (24 July 1917 – 7 July 2005), was a French composer and a pianist. Pianist and composer of Maurice Chevalier from 1940 to 1945, Henri Betti is best known for composing the music of the songs ''C'est si bon'' (lyric ...

(1917–2005), composer * Madeleine Kamman (1930–2018), cook, culinary teacher, and author *

Jean-Pierre Worms Jean-Pierre Worms (16 July 1934 – 12 July 2019) was a French sociologist and former parliamentarian who was active in the Voluntary association, associative sector. He combined the profession of sociologist with political activity which was ...

(1934–2019), representative to the French Parliament *

Michel Delpech Jean-Michel Delpech (French pronunciation: �ɑ̃ miʃɛl dɛlpɛʃ 26 January 19462 January 2016), known as Michel Delpech, was a French singer-songwriter and actor. Family Jean-Michel Bertrand Delpech was born the 26th january of 1946 in ...

(1946–2016), singer-songwriter * Michel Blanc (b. 1952), actor * Franck Tchiloemba (b.1973), basketball player *

Colomba Fofana Colomba Fofana (born 11 April 1977 in Courbevoie) is a French triple jumper. His personal best jump is 17.34 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Forbach. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics ...

(b. 1977), athlete *

Lamine Kanté Lamine Kanté (born 11 February 1987) is a French basketball player who currently plays for AS Monaco Basket of the LNB Pro A. References 1987 births Living people Cholet Basket players French men's basketball players Limoges CSP play ...

(b. 1987), basketball player * Massiré Kanté (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 The 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the forty-s ...

(b. 1990), gymnast * William Rémy (b. 1991), footballer *

Yoann Wachter Yoann Wachter (born 7 April 1992) is a French-born Gabonese international footballer who plays as a midfielder for US Saint-Malo. Club career Wachter is a youth exponent from Lorient. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 August 2014 against AS M ...

(b. 1992), footballer * Marie-Bernadette Mbuyamba (b. 1993), basketball player

International relations

Courbevoie is twinned with: * Enfield Town (

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), United Kingdom *

Freudenstadt Freudenstadt (Swabian: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the eas ...

(

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), Germany * Beit Mery ( Mount Lebanon), Lebanon

Mayors of Courbevoie

* Antoine Le Frique (1800–1818) * Joseph Derbanne (October, 1818 – February, 1826) * Nicolas Rousselot (February 1826 – April 1830) * Jean-Baptiste Chevalier (April 1830 – August 1830) * Constant Grebaut (August 1830 – September 1840) * Désiré Maurenq (September 1840 – 1845) * Constant Grebaut (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 (October 1878 – 19 May 1888) *

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(19 May 1888 – 15 May 1892) *

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(15 May 1892 – 27 January 1894) * François le Chippey (27 January 1894 – May 1896) * Léon Boursier (May 1896 – May 1908) *

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(May 1908 – December 1919) *

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(December 1919 – October 1920) * Joseph Victor (October 1920 – May 1925) * Pierre Fouquart (May 1925 – September 1927) * André Grisoni (September 1927 – July 1944) *

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(September 1944 – 26 October 1947) *

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(26 October 1947 – 20 December 1954) *

(26 January 1955 – 15 March 1959) *

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(26 March 1959 – 18 June 1995) * Jacques Kossowski (since 25 June 1995)

Demographics

Population

Immigration

Economy

Total S.A. TotalEnergies SE is a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company founded in 1924 and one of the seven supermajor oil companies. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and ...

has its head office in the

Tour Total Tour Total (previously known as Tour Elf from 1985 to 1999, then Tour TotalFinaElf from 1999 to 2003) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense, Courbevoie, the high-rise business district west of and adjacent to the city of Paris, France, ...

in La Défense and in Courbevoie. Areva has its head office in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie.

Saint-Gobain Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it now also produces a variety of ...

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 Georges Pierre Seurat ( , , ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough su ...

, 1886–1887

References

External links

Courbevoie official website

Courbevoie Community portal

blog about Courbevoie
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