Courbevoie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Commune of Courbevoie |
|
| Location | |
 |
|
| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°53′49″N 2°15′23″E / 48.89694°N 2.25639°E |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | 2 cantons |
| Mayor | Jacques Kossowski |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 25–56 m (82–180 ft) |
| Land area1 | 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 84,000 (2005 [1]) |
| - Density | 20,144 /km² (52,170 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92026/ 92400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Courbevoie (French pronunciation: [kurbœvwa]) is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located 8.2 km (5.1 miles) from the center of Paris in the northwestern suburbs. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
La Défense, the business district that includes parts of Puteaux and Nanterre, hosts the tallest buildings in the Paris metropolitan area, and spreads over the southern part of Courbevoie.
Contents |
[edit] Name
The name Courbevoie comes from Latin Curva Via and means "curved way", allegedly in reference to a Roman road from Paris to Normandy which made a sharp turn to climb the hill over which Courbevoie was built.
[edit] Administration
Courbevoie is divided into two cantons:
- Canton of Courbevoie-Nord: 28,351 inhabitants (40.68% of the total).
- Canton of Courbevoie-Sud: 41,343 inhabitants (59.32% of the total).
[edit] Transport
Courbevoie is served by numerous transportation networks. The Metro Line 1 (Paris Metro) stops at both [Esplanade de La Defense] and [La Defense - Grande Arche]. The Paris RER A stops at La Defense and the [Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare] suburban rail line also comes through La Defense. There are also a large number of city buses that come through the bustling La Defense station.
When it comes to air transportation, Courbevoie can be served by Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport as well as Paris-Orly to the south and Beauvais Airport to the north.
[edit] Twin Towns
Forest-Vorst (Brussels), Belgium
Enfield Town (London), United Kingdom
Freudenstadt (Baden-Württemberg), Germany
[edit] 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 – August 26, 1865)
- Charles Blondel (August 26, 1865 – February 7, 1872)
- Jean-François Durenne (February 7, 1872 – November 1873)
- Jean-Baptiste Weiss (November 1873 – February 20, 1874)
- Auguste Colas (February 20, 1874 – February 12, 1878)
- Frédéric Bourgin (February 12, 1878 – October 1878)
- Auguste Bailly (October 1878 – May 19, 1888)
- Antoine Rolland (May 19, 1888 – May 15, 1892)
- Jules Lefevre (May 15, 1892 – January 27, 1894)
- François le Chippey (January 27, 1894 – May 1896)
- Léon Boursier (May 1896 – May 1908)
- Charles Mering (May 1908 – December 1919)
- Augustin Loiseau (December 1919 – October 1920)
- Joseph Victor (October 1920 – May 1925)
- Pierre Fouquart (May 1925 – September 1927)
- André Grisoni (September 1927 – July 1944)
- Gabriel Roche (September 1944 – October 26, 1947)
- Marius Guerre (October 26, 1947 – December 20, 1954)
- Gabriel Roche (January 26, 1955 – March 15, 1959)
- Charles Deprez (March 26, 1959 – June 18, 1995)
- Jacques Kossowski (since June 25, 1995)
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Immigration
|
|||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Gallery
 Street at the border between Courbevoie and Asnières |
 Bridge of Courbevoie, Georges Seurat, 1886-1887 |
[edit] See also
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Courbevoie |
- La Défense business district.
- List of tallest structures in Paris
- Phare Tower, a 300 meter skyscraper now underconstruction
[edit] References
- ^ 2005 estimate, 69,694 at the 1999 census
[edit] External links
|
|||||
 |
Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (January 2007) |
