Roissy-en-France (, literally ''Roissy in
France''; colloquially simply called Roissy) is a
commune in the northeastern suburbs of
Paris,
France, in the
Val-d'Oise department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
. It is located from the
centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 2,883.
One-quarter of
Charles de Gaulle Airport (France's main airport) but none of its terminals is located in the commune of Roissy-en-France, which gave its original name to the airport. Later renamed, the airport is still commonly referred to as Roissy Airport in France. The rest of the airport lies on the territory of the commune of
Tremblay-en-France and several other communes.
Name
In the name Roissy-en-France, 'France' refers not to the country of
France but to an area (''pays'') of the historical
province of
ÃŽle-de-France. ÃŽle-de-France was made up of several ''pays'', most notably
Pays de France and
Hurepoix
Hurepoix () is an area of the ÃŽle-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan.
Geography
This area i ...
. Pays de France was the fertile plain located immediately north of the City of Paris, with the city of
Saint-Denis at its centre. Pays de France is now almost entirely built up and is covered by the northern suburbs of Paris. Pays de France is also known as "Parisis" and as the ''plaine de France'' ("plain of France"), and its name still appears in the name of some communes in the northern suburbs of Paris, such as Roissy-en-France (which literally means "Roissy in the Pays de France").
Transport
Roissy-en-France is not served by
Paris Métro,
RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Roissy-en-France is
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 station on
line B of the
RER,
Paris Region
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 ...
's express suburban rail system. This station is located inside the airport, on the part of the airport belonging to the commune of
Tremblay-en-France, from the town center of Roissy-en-France.
Economy
Blue Line, a charter passenger airline, has its head office in Building B of Paris Nord 2, Parc des Lumières in Roissy-en-France.
Air France's head office is located in the Roissypôle complex on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport and in
Tremblay-en-France,
[AIR FRANCE HEAD QUARTERS - ROISSYPOLE]
" Groupement d'Etudes et de Méthodes d'Ordonnancement (GEMO). Retrieved on 20 September 2009. near Roissy-en-France.
Education
The community has two schools, école maternelle Saint-Exupéry (preschool) and école élémentaire Jean Mermoz.
Les écoles maternelle et élémentaire
" Roissy-en-France. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Literary reference
Roissy is the location where the action of the two explicit sadomasochistic novels ''Story of O
''Story of O'' (french: Histoire d'O, link=no, ) is an erotic novel published in 1954 by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, and published in French by Jean-Jacques Pauvert.
Desclos did not reveal herself as the autho ...
'' (''Histoire d'O''), and its sequel ''Retour à Roissy'' by Pauline Réage
Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel '' Story of O'' (1954).
Early life
Born i ...
take place.
Climate
Roissy-en-France has a oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
( Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Roissy-en-France is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Roissy-en-France was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.
See also
* Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
References
External links
Official website
*
Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise
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Communes of Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia