Garges-lès-Gonesse
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| region | Île de France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles | |
| Canton | Garges-lès-Gonesse (main town) | |
| Community association | Roissy Pays de France | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 ' N , 2 ° 24' E | |
| height | 34-80 m | |
| surface | 5.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 42,728 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7,811 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95140 | |
| INSEE code | 95268 | |
| Website | https://www.villedegarges.fr/ | |
Garges-lès-Gonesse is a French commune with 42,728 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Île de France region . It is located 15 kilometers from the center of Paris and is part of the Paris agglomeration .
Garges-lès-Gonesse borders in the north on Arnouville , in the east on Bonneuil-en-France , in the south on Dugny , in the south-west on Stains and in the north-west on Sarcelles .
history
Little is known about the origin of the village of Garges. A verifiable mention comes from the year 631, when the Frankish King Dagobert I resided in Paris and made Garges his country seat. At the beginning of the 20th century, the village was gradually industrialized and urbanized , from the 1960s the population structure changed rapidly with the construction of large housing estates in prefabricated construction.
Population development
| 1793 | 1896 | 1926 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| 554 | 490 | 1,805 | 3,536 | 10,483 | 27,312 | 37,927 | 40.182 | 40,058 | 39,100 | 39,672 | 39,730 |
(from 1962 residents without second residence)
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Garges-lès-Gonesse
Infrastructure
Garges-lès-Gonesse is served by line 5 of the Paris tram and bus routes of the RATP . The Garges-Sarcelles train station is on the important north-south railway line ( RER D ) for suburban Paris traffic. The Le Bourget airport in the nearby town of Bonneuil-en-France, on the east directly to Garges-les-Gonesse.
Sports
The Garges football club took part in the Coupe de France 1973/74 and 1985/86 . The Chiefs de Garges ice hockey club plays in Division 1 , the second highest division in France.
Personalities
- Nelly Olin (1941–2017), French politician (UMP), was Mayor of Garges-lès-Gonesse from 1995 to 2004
- Thierry Guetta (* 1966), street artist of French descent
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 294-299.
