Gonesse
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles | |
| Canton | Villiers-le-Bel | |
| Community association | Roissy Pays de France | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 27 ′ E | |
| height | 39-97 m | |
| surface | 20.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 25,999 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,294 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95500 | |
| INSEE code | 95277 | |
| Website | www.ville-gonesse.fr | |
Gonesse is a French municipality with 25,999 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Val-d'Oise in the region of Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Sarcelles and the canton of Villiers-le-Bel . The inhabitants are called Gonessiens .
Gonesse is located 16 kilometers north-northeast of Paris in the valley of the River Crould on the Plaine de France . Its neighboring municipalities are: Bouqueval , Le Thillay , Vaudherland , Roissy-en-France , Tremblay-en-France , Villepinte , Aulnay-sous-Bois , Le Blanc-Mesnil , Bonneuil-en-France , Arnouville and Villiers-le-Bel .
history
Gonesse is the birthplace of the French King Philip August (August 21, 1165).
On August 27, 1783 , the balloon designed by the scientist Jacques Charles and built by the brothers Anne Jean and Marie Noël Robert floated to the ground in Gonesse . It had taken four days to fill it with gas on the Parisian Champ de Mars, 16 kilometers away . The unmanned flying object with a diameter of four meters terrified the villagers so much that they destroyed it with pitchforks and scythes. The smell of the impure hydrogen reinforced her suspicion that it was the work of the devil.
On 25 July 2000, the French rushed Concorde of Air France with the flight number 4590 from about Gonesse.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 8,517 | 21,187 | 21,390 | 22,896 | 23,152 | 24,721 | 26,152 | 26,516 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Gonesse
- Hôtel-Dieu ( Monument historique )
- Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church, built from the 12th century (Monument historique)
- Garlande pigeon tower , built in the 17th / 18th centuries Century (Monument historique)
Personalities
- Jean-Pierre Gorges (* 1953), French politician
- Simon Abkarian (born 1962), French actor
- Louis Labeyrie (* 1992), French basketball player
literature
- Adrien-Henri Théry: Gonesse dans l'histoire. 2nd edition 1970.
- Daniel Bontemps: L'église Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul de Gonesse (Val-d'Oise). Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Gonesse et du Pays de France, 1981.
- Jean-Pierre Blazy: Gonesse, la terre et les hommes 1982.
- Daisy Guglielmetti: Gonesse au XXe siècle, un bourg devient une ville. Editions du Valhermeil, 2000.
