La Courneuve ( French: La Courneuve ) - a city and commune in France , located in the Ile-de-France region . Department of the Commune - Saint-Saint-Denis . The administrative center of the canton of La Courneuve . The district of the commune is Saint-Denis .
| Commune | |||
| La Courneuve | |||
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| La courneuve | |||
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| A country |  France | ||
| Region | Ile de France | ||
| The Department | Saint saint denis | ||
| Canton | La Courneuve | ||
| The mayor | Gilles poux (2008-2014) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Square | 7.52 km² | ||
| Center height | 29-60 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 36 915 people ( 2008 ) | ||
| Density | 4909 people / km² | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Postcode | 93120 | ||
| INSEE Code | 93027 | ||
| ville-la-courneuve.fr (fr.) | |||
The INSEE code is 93027.
The commune is located approximately 10 km north of Paris , 4 km northwest of Bobigny [1] . There is a direct connection with Paris via the RER B lines (La-Courneuve-Obervilliers station) and metro line 7 (the final station of La-Courneuve - May 8, 1945 ).
The name comes from the Latin curia nova or curtis nova , which means a new locality. There are many high-rise buildings in the city, where mainly poor immigrants live.
Content
Population
The population of the commune for 2008 was 36,915 people.
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25,792 | 43,318 | 37,958 | 33 537 | 34 139 | 35 310 | 36 915 |
Economics
In 2004, there were 14,213 jobs and 766 private companies in La Courneuve. Among large companies: Orangina (production of carbonated drinks), KDI (metallurgy), UPS (transportation), CNIM industrial group, Paprec Group (waste management). The largest private company is Eurocopter , which employs about 850 employees.
In 2007, among 24,795 people of working age (15-64 years old), 16,916 were economically active , 7,879 inactive (the activity indicator was 68.2%, in 1999 it was 68.3%). Of the 16,916 active, 12,997 people worked (7,284 men and 5,713 women), 3,919 were unemployed (2,056 men and 1,863 women). Among 7879 inactive 3186 people were pupils or students, 1090 - pensioners, 3603 were inactive for other reasons [2] .
Attractions
- Monument to the Resistance, opened in 1987
- St Yves Church
- Church of Saint Lucien of the 12th century. It was destroyed by the Huguenots, restored in 1580. It is a building with three naves and a crypt, in which the Merovingian sarcophagi are located [3] .
- Museum of Vegetables
- . The area is 400 ha, the third largest in the Paris region after the Bois de Boulogne (1000 ha) and the Vincennes forest (850 ha).
Twin Cities
- Yako ( Burkina Faso )
- Vitulatio ( Italy )
- Presov ( Slovakia )
- Ocotal ( Nicaragua )
Photo Gallery
City Hall
Resistance Monument
Church of saint lucien
Northern area of the city
Park Georges Valbonne
The central part of the city
Notes
- ↑ Physical distances calculated according to the coordinates of the communes
- ↑ Emploi et population active 1999 et 2007 (French) . INSEE. Date of treatment November 27, 2012. Archived December 28, 2012.
- ↑ église Saint-Lucien - La Courneuve (French) . le site de l'Atlas du patrimoine de Seine-Saint-Denis. Date of treatment November 27, 2012. Archived December 28, 2012.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Courneuve
- Official website (fr.)
- National Institute of Statistics - La Courneuve (French) . Date of treatment November 27, 2012. Archived December 28, 2012.