Villepinte () is a
commune in the northeastern suburbs of
Paris
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,
France
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. It is located from the
centre of Paris. It is near the
Charles de Gaulle Airport
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. The
Parc des Expositions de Villepinte
The Parc des expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte (''English: Paris Nord Villepinte'') is a large convention center located in Villepinte near Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. The center opened in 1982 and is the second-largest in France.
Th ...
is located in the city. , the city had a population of 36,830.
Population
Heraldry
Transport
Villepinte is served by three stations on Paris
RER line B:
Villepinte,
Parc des Expositions, and
Vert-Galant.
Twin towns – sister cities
Villepinte is
twinned with:
*
Schwendi, Germany
Notable people
*
Stella Akakpo, athlete
*
Lindsay Burlet, handball player
*
Alou Diarra
Alou Diarra (born 15 July 1981) is a French former professional association football, footballer. He was a List of France international footballers, France international from 2004 until 2012. As of the 2022–23 season, he is the manager of ES T ...
, footballer
*
Boukary Dramé, footballer
*
Alassane També, footballer
*
Diandra Tchatchouang
Diandra Tchatchouang (born 14 June 1991) is a French basketball player for CJM Bourges Basket. She has played the Euroleague with Basket Lattes
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, basketball player
*
Ibrahima Traoré, footballer
*
Saïd Taghmaoui
Saïd Taghmaoui (; born 19 July 1973) is a French actor. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film '' La Haine'', directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Taghmaoui has also appeared in a number of English-language films, wi ...
, actor
*
Taylor Lapilus, mixed martial artist
Education
The commune has ten preschools (''maternelles''), as well as 11 elementary schools.
Secondary schools:
*Four junior high schools: Collège Françoise Dolto, Collège Camille Claudel, Collège Jean Jaurès, Collège Les Mousseaux
*Two senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Jean Rostand and Lycée Georges Brassens
Les lycéens
" Villepinte. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
See also
*Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
The following is a list of the 39 Communes of France, communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis Departments of France, department of France.
Since January 2016, all communes of Seine-Saint-Denis are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Par ...
References
External links
Official website
(in French)
Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis
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