Goussainville (French pronunciation: [ɡusɛ̃vil] ⓘ) is a commune in the department of Val-d'Oise, northern France.[3] It is located 20.6 km (12.8 mi) north-northeast from the centre of Paris, near Charles de Gaulle Airport. Goussainville is part of the urban unit (agglomeration) of Paris.[3]
1973 air show crash
In 1973, Goussainville was the site of the crash of a supersonic Russian Tupolev Tu-144 which had been performing aerobatic manoeuvres in the Paris Air Show at le Bourget airport, 8 km to the south. All six people on board the aircraft and eight more on the ground were killed, and fifteen houses in Goussainville's south-east district were destroyed. Sixty people on the ground were injured.
The town is less than 6 km from Gonesse, the site of the crash of the supersonic Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 on 25 July 2000.
In 1974, a year after the Tupolev Tu-144 crash, Charles de Gaulle Airport opened, putting Goussainville directly under the flight path to a busy airport. The noise of aircraft flying low overhead became a major disturbance and acted as a "constant reminder of the deadly crash."[4][5]
Population
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Transport
Goussainville is served by two stations on Paris RER line D: Goussainville and Les Noues.
Education
As of 2016, there are 1,718 pupils in 13 public pre-schools and 2,782 elementary school pupils in 13 public primary schools. There are a total of 19 campuses with a total of about 4,500 students.[8]
Junior high schools
Senior high schools:
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b Commune de Goussainville (95280), INSEE
- ^ "French ghost town deserted for 40 years - thanks to Charles de Gaulle". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ Holt, Ophelia (2014-08-15). "40 Years of Vacancy in the Eerie Paris Ghost Town of Goussainville". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Goussainville, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les établissements Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine." Goussainville. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
- ^ Home. Collège Georges Charpak de Goussainville. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
- ^ Home. Collège Montaigne. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
- ^ Home. Lycée Romain Rolland. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Land use (IAURIF) (in English)
- Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)