Le Bourget () is a

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in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The commune features Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hosts the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Air and Space Museum). A very small part of Le Bourget Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. Most of the airport lies on the territory of the communes of

Dugny Dugny () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. About a third of Le Bourget airport lies on the territory of the commune of Dugny, including its main terminal and the '' Musée de l'A ...

, Bonneuil-en-France, and

Gonesse Gonesse () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. The commune lies immediately north of Le Bourget Airport, and it is ...

. The

Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA, ) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those inve ...

is also headquartered on the airport grounds and in Le Bourget proper.

Transport

Rail

Le Bourget is served by

Le Bourget Le Bourget () is a Communes of France, commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero#France, center of Paris. The commune features Paris - Le Bourget Airport, Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hos ...

station on Paris RER line B. There is also an extensive freight rail yard with international traffic to Belgium, among others. Progressively, Le Bourget is planned to one of the principal transportation hub in the Paris North suburb : The Tangentielle Nord is an express tramway planned to enter in service in 2014, and two train stations are planned in the long term as part of the

Grand Paris Express Grand Paris Express is a group of new rapid transit lines being built in the Île-de-France region of France. The project comprises four new lines for Paris Métro, plus extensions of existing Lines 11 and 14. A total of of new track and 68 n ...

project with the future lines 16 and 17.

Highways

The town is served by two major Highways (Autoroutes),

A1 autoroute The A1 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes. With a length of , it connects Paris with the northern city of Lille. It is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et d ...

in the north of the town, and

A86 autoroute A86 (sometimes called "Paris super-périphérique") is the second ring road around Paris, France. It follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre ( Notre Dame) varying in the range. The south-western section of ...

in the south of the city. Those two highways ensure a direct connection to major Paris Region hubs like La Defense (A86 West), Bobigny (A86 East), Roissy

Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, ), also known as Roissy Airport or simply Paris CDG, is the principal airport serving the French capital, Paris ( and its metropolitan area), and the largest intern ...

(A1 North), Paris (A1 South).

Air

Paris–Le Bourget Airport Paris–Le Bourget Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget) is an airport located within portions of the communes of Le Bourget, Bonneuil-en-France, Dugny and Gonesse, north-northeast of Paris, France. Once Paris's principal ...

is the first business flights airport in Europe. It connects with 800 destinations in Europe. On May 8, 1927, the White Bird took off from Le Bourget and its pilots,

Charles Nungesser Charles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser (15 March 1892 – presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French ace pilot and adventurer. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, ranking third highest in the country with 43 air combat victories during Wo ...

and

François Coli François Coli (5 June 1881 – presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French pilot and navigator best known as the flying partner of Charles Nungesser in their fatal attempt to achieve the first transatlantic flight. Early life and World ...

, hoped to reach New York City without stopovers. Unfortunately the plane disappeared without a trace. It was finally

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

who made the first air crossing of the North Atlantic between New York and

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

on May 21, 1927. He was welcomed as the "victor" of the North Atlantic, posing on his ''

Spirit of St. Louis The ''Spirit of St. Louis'' (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlant ...

''. An enormous crowd also welcomed Edouard Daladier on September 29, 1938, after the signing of the

Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement ( cs, Mnichovská dohoda; sk, Mníchovská dohoda; german: Münchner Abkommen) was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, Germany, the United Kingdom, French Third Republic, France, and Fa ...

signed between Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy represented respectively by

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

, Edouard Daladier,

Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasemen ...

and

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

(who had acted as intermediary).

Population

Culture

The world-renowned

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is located in Le Bourget airport area.

Government and infrastructure

Le Bourget houses the ''Crèche intercommunale Maryse Bastié'', an intercommunal

daycare Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(r ...

Education

École maternelle Saint-Exupéry is the sole ''maternelle'' public nursery school in Le Bourget, while École primaire Louis Blériot is the sole ''élémentaire''- only public school in Le Bourget. Two municipal schools, Groupe scolaire Jean Jaurès and Groupe scolaire Jean Mermoz, serve both the ''maternelle'' and ''élémentaire'' levels. Collège Didier Daurat is the sole municipal ''collège'' (junior high school). There is one public high school, Lycée Germaine Tillion (Lycée du Bourget). Institution Privée Sainte-Marie, serving the ''maternelle'', ''élémentaire'' and ''collège'' levels, is the sole private school in Le Bourget. The Le Bourget Public Library has 45,000 books and almost 100 magazines. It is located within the Urban Community of Le Bourget Airport (''Communauté d'Agglomération de l'Aéroport du Bourget'').

Notable inhabitants

Germinal Pierre Dandelin Germinal Pierre Dandelin (12 April 1794 – 15 February 1847) was a French mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering. Life He was born near Paris to a French father and Belgian mother, studying first at Ghent then returning to Par ...

(12 April 1794 – 15 February 1847) was a mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering. * Vizeadmiral

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière ''Vizeadmiral'' Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (; March 18, 1886 – February 24, 1941), born in Posen, Prussia, and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during World War I. With 194 ships and sunk, he is the most successfu ...

(March 18, 1886 – February 24, 1941), born in Posen (now Poznań,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. *

Bernard Tapie Bernard Roger Tapie (; 26 January 1943 – 3 October 2021) was a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Minister of City Affairs in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. Life and career Tapie was bor ...

(1943), lived at the Bourget in the years 1950/1960 where he attended the Edgard-Quinet school (now Didier-Daurat college). He lived with his parents and his younger brother Jean-Claude, at 11 Avenue Baudoin, in a very modest building that still exists. *

Vincent Capo-Canellas Vincent Capo-Canellas (born 1967) is a French politician. He serves as a Senator for Seine-Saint-Denis. Biography Early life Vincent Capo-Canellas was born on 4 May 1967 in Nîmes. He received a degree in Political Science. Career Prior to po ...

(born 1967) is a French politician. He serves as a Senator for

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobigny ...

. * Franck Silvestre (1967), former French footballer, was trained at the Bourget football school from 1975 to 1983.

International relations

Le Bourget has been twinned with

Amityville, New York Amityville () is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village near the Babylon (town), New York, Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island, in New Yo ...

, since 1979 and Zhukovsky in Russia.

Gallery

File:LeBourgetAirport.JPG, Le Bourget Airport File:LeBourgetLibrary.JPG, Le Bourget Library File:BEAHQLeBourget8.JPG, Building 153, the head office of the

(BEA) at Le Bourget Airport

References

External links

Commune of Le Bourget
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourget Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis Venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic shooting venues Seine-Saint-Denis communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia