La Courneuve

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Coordinates: 48°55′56″N 2°23′48″E / 48.93222, 2.39667

Commune of La Courneuve

Town hall of La Courneuve

Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates 48°55′56″N 2°23′48″E / 48.93222, 2.39667
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Saint-Denis
Canton La Courneuve
Intercommunality Communauté
d'agglomération
Plaine Commune
Mayor Gilles Poux of the French Communist Party
Statistics
Elevation 29m–60
(avg. 40m)
Land area¹ 7.52 km²
Population²
(July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census)

37,400
35,310
 - Density 4,973/km² (2005)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 93027/ 93 120
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.
France

La Courneuve is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.3 km. (5.2 miles) from the center of Paris.

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[edit] History

The history of La Courneuve begins as the rest of the region with the invasion of European tribes and the eventual conquering of the area by the Romans. During the Middle Ages, the area was like many small villages. With its proximity to Paris, the country area became a fashionable country destination, with a number of gentry residing there and 2 notable châteaus, Sainte-Foi and Poitronville. Towards the end of Napoleon's reign, the entire area experienced large population growth,this along with improved methods of farming eventually had area become the major legume producer for the Paris region.

1863 was the year of the first major industrial enterprise, and the city would soon become a strange mix of mass producing factories side by side with farmlands, industrial estates juxtaposed against bean plantations and that would continue until after World War II. During the 1960s, as Paris could no longer meet the demands of a further exploding population (largely the result of immigration from former colonies), La Courneuve, like the most other suburbs of Paris, was designated as one of the "zones à urbaniser en priorité" (areas to be urbanized quickly) and was built up at a very rapid pace, with the construction of large tower blocks and other HLM developments. Between 1962 and 1968 the population nearly doubled.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of residents of La Courneuve in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
62.6% 37.4%
Born in
Overseas France
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
3.1% 3.5% 4.1% 26.7%
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] Rap and Hip-Hop Influence

La Courneuve not a lot rappers but urban art is really present in the city

[edit] Transport

La Courneuve is served by La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 station on Paris Métro Line 7 and by La Courneuve – Aubervilliers station on Paris RER line B.

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