Courbevoie (French pronunciation: [kuʁbəvwa] ⓘ) is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, 8.2 km (5.1 mi) from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated 2 km (1.2 mi) from the city limits of Paris.
Courbevoie
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Courbevoie Municipal Library
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Coat of arms | |
Paris and inner ring départements
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Location of Courbevoie  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°53′52″N 2°15′11″E / 48.8978°N 2.2531°E / 48.8978; 2.2531 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | Courbevoie-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Kossowski[1] |
| Area
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| 4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 81,516 |
| • Density | 20,000/km2 (51,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
92026 /92400
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| Elevation | 25–56 m (82–184 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Défense, a business district hosting the tallest buildings in the Paris metropolitan area, spreads over the southern part of Courbevoie (as well as parts of Puteaux,Nanterre and La Garenne-Colombes).
The name Courbevoie comes from Latin Curva Via and means "curved highway", allegedly in reference to a Roman road from Paris to Normandy that made a sharp turn to climb the hill over which Courbevoie was built.
Courbevoie is divided into two cantons: Canton of Courbevoie-1 and Canton of Courbevoie-2.
A wooden bridge was built crossing the Seine at Courbevoie by order of King Henry IV when in 1606 his royal coach fell into the river while being transported by ferry. Rebuilt in stone during the eighteenth century, this was replaced by a metal bridge in 1946.
The Convent of the Penitents founded in 1658 by Jean-Baptiste Forne was located in Courbevoie until the Revolution of 1789. Also located in the town was the barracks of the Swiss Guard of the monarchy.
Courbevoie is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Courbevoie and Bécon-les-Bruyères. Courbevoie is also served by Esplanade de La Défense station on Paris Métro Line 1, in the business district of La Défense.
There are also a large number of city buses that come through the bustling La Défense 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.
Courbevoie has multiple preschools and elementary schools. Junior high schools include:[3]
Senior high schools include:
Courbevoie is twinned with:
Enfield (London), United Kingdom
Freudenstadt (Baden-Württemberg), Germany
Beit Mery (Mount Lebanon), Lebanon
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| Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
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| 80.0% | 20.0% | |||
| Born in overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 1.1% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 11.7% | |
| 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirsinNorthwest 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), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 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. 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. | ||||
Total S.A. has its head office in the Tour TotalinLa Défense and in Courbevoie.[10] Areva has its head office in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie.[11] Saint-Gobain also has its head office in Courbevoie.[12]
The headquarters of INPI, the French government office for patents, copyrights, and trademarks, is in Courbevoie.[13]
