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]

Goussainville was the site of the crash of the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 during the 1973 Paris Air Show which led to the deaths of all six people on board and eight more on the ground and 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 deadly Tupolev Tu-144 crash, Charles de Gaulle Airport opened—putting the small commune directly in the flight path of the busy airport. The constant noise was a major disturbance and acted as a "constant reminder of the deadly crash."[4][5]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 850—    
1800 805−0.77%
1806 777−0.59%
1821 654−1.14%
1831 661+0.11%
1836 643−0.55%
1841 612−0.98%
1846 628+0.52%
1851 604−0.78%
1856 573−1.05%
1861 642+2.30%
1866 606−1.15%
1872 546−1.72%
1876 526−0.93%
1881 597+2.56%
1886 612+0.50%
1891 617+0.16%
1896 580−1.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 585+0.17%
1906 913+9.31%
1911 759−3.63%
1921 958+2.36%
1926 2,556+21.69%
1931 4,667+12.80%
1936 6,201+5.85%
1946 6,789+0.91%
1954 9,350+4.08%
1962 13,109+4.31%
1968 16,197+3.59%
1975 25,182+6.51%
1982 23,543−0.96%
1990 24,812+0.66%
1999 27,356+1.09%
2007 30,310+1.29%
2012 31,255+0.62%
2017 30,637−0.40%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

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:

  • Collège Georges Charpak[9]
  • Collège Montaigne[10]

Senior high schools:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Commune de Goussainville (95280), INSEE
  4. ^ "French ghost town deserted for 40 years - thanks to Charles de Gaulle". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  5. ^ Holt, Ophelia (2014-08-15). "40 Years of Vacancy in the Eerie Paris Ghost Town of Goussainville". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Goussainville, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. ^ "Les établissements Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine." Goussainville. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  9. ^ Home. Collège Georges Charpak de Goussainville. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Home. Collège Montaigne. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
  11. ^ Home. Lycée Romain Rolland. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.

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