Garges-lès-Gonesse

Garges-lès-Gonesse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁʒ lɛ ɡɔnɛs] ^ⓘ, literally Garges near Gonesse) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in northern France. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, 14.1 km (8.8 mi) from the center of Paris. The city is a part of the Paris urban area. It is the seat of the canton of Garges-lès-Gonesse, which also covers Arnouville.

Garges-lès-Gonesse
Commune
One of the city's projects and major urban concentrations, Les Doucettes.
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Garges-lès-Gonesse
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Coordinates: 48°58′22″N 2°24′03″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Garges-lès-Gonesse
Intercommunality	CA Roissy Pays de France
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Jimenez[1]
Area 1	5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	42,388
• Density	7,700/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95268 /95140
Elevation	34–80 m (112–262 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The city is strongly urbanized and is near to Paris–Le Bourget Airport. Garges-lès-Gonesse was transformed from an old rural village to a suburb at the beginning of the 20th century.

History

The Hôtel de Ville

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1975.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 554 —     1800 593 +0.98% 1806 534 −1.73% 1821 483 −0.67% 1831 549 +1.29% 1836 485 −2.45% 1841 489 +0.16% 1846 437 −2.22% 1851 431 −0.28% 1856 398 −1.58% 1861 416 +0.89% 1866 443 +1.27% 1872 360 −3.40% 1876 808 +22.40% 1881 466 −10.42% 1886 540 +2.99% 1891 512 −1.06% 1896 490 −0.87%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 639 +5.45% 1906 688 +1.49% 1911 681 −0.20% 1921 1,211 +5.93% 1926 1,805 +8.31% 1931 2,621 +7.75% 1936 3,330 +4.90% 1946 3,536 +0.60% 1954 4,814 +3.93% 1962 10,483 +10.22% 1968 27,312 +17.30% 1975 37,927 +4.80% 1982 40,182 +0.83% 1990 42,144 +0.60% 1999 40,058 −0.56% 2007 39,098 −0.30% 2012 41,001 +0.96% 2017 42,728 +0.83%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

Garges-lès-Gonesse is served by Garges – Sarcelles station on Paris RER line D.

Education

Primary schools:^[6]

• 13 preschools
• 11 elementary schools
• Four combined preschools and elementary schools

Secondary schools:

• Junior high schools: Paul Eluard, Henri Wallon, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse^[7]
• Senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée Simone de Beauvoir^[8]
• Vocational high school: Lycée professionel Arthur Rimbaud^[9]

Personalities

• Marc Macedot, athlete
• Mr. Brainwash, street artist
• Wissam Ben Yedder, footballer

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department