Villepinte () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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
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 ...
. 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. The ...
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
Stella Akakpo (born 28 February 1994 in Villepinte) is a French athlete specialising in the sprinting events. She won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 European Championships. In addition, she represented her country at ...
, athlete
*
Lindsay Burlet
Lindsay Burlet (born 6 June 1994) is a French handballer who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball.
Achievements
*Championnat de France
**''Winner'': 2016, 2017
*Coupe de France
The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, ...
, handball player
*
Alou Diarra
Alou Diarra (born 15 July 1981) is a French former professional footballer. He was a France international from 2004 until 2012. As of the 2022–23 season, he is the manager of Troyes' under-19 side in the Championnat National U19.
He primari ...
, footballer
*
Boukary Dramé
Boukary Dramé (born 22 July 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level.
Club career Paris Saint-Germain
Born in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, Dramé began playing ...
, footballer
*
Alassane També
Alassane També (born 26 January 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back and centre-back.
Club career
Early career
També started playing football in the streets of Villepinte, a city in the Île-de-France region ...
, footballer
*
Diandra Tchatchouang
Diandra Tchatchouang (born 14 June 1991) is a French basketball player for CJM Bourges Basket
Tango Bourges Basket (formerly ''Cercle Jean-Macé Bourges Basket'') is a French women's basketball club from Bourges.
Bourges was the first France, ...
, basketball player
*
Ibrahima Traoré
Ibrahima Traoré (born 21 April 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger.
Coming through the youth system, Traoré began his senior career with French amateur club Levallois in 2005. He moved to Germany one year later, pl ...
, footballer
*
Saïd Taghmaoui
Saïd Taghmaoui (born 19 July 1973) is a French-American actor and screenwriter. 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 En ...
, actor
*
Taylor Lapilus
Taylor Lapilus (born 8 April 1992) is a French mixed martial artist and boxer who currently competes in Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is the former TKO Major League MMA Bantamweight Championship.
Backgrou ...
, 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 40 communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department of France.
Since January 2016, all communes of Seine-Saint-Denis are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Paris
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References
External links
Official website
(in French)
Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis
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