Roissy-en-France
Roissy-en-France | |
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 Église Saint-Eloi | |
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 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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  Roissy-en-France Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
| Coordinates: 49°00′18″N 2°31′08″E / 49.0050°N 2.5189°ECoordinates: 49°00′18″N 2°31′08″E / 49.0050°N 2.5189°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
| Canton | Villiers-le-Bel |
| Intercommunality | CA Roissy Pays de France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Thomas[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.09 km2 (5.44 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 2,858 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95527 /95700 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Roissy-en-France (French pronunciation: [ʁwasi ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃s] (
listen), literally Roissy in France; colloquially simply called Roissy) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France, in the Val-d'Oise department. It is located 20.7 km (12.9 mi) from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 2,883.
One-quarter of Charles de Gaulle Airport (France's main airport) but none of its terminals is located in the commune of Roissy-en-France, which gave its original name to the airport. Later renamed, the airport is still commonly referred to as Roissy Airport in France. The rest of the airport lies on the territory of the commune of Tremblay-en-France and several other communes.
Name[]
In the name Roissy-en-France, 'France' refers not to the country of France but to an area (pays) of the historical province of Île-de-France. Île-de-France was made up of several pays, most notably Pays de France and Hurepoix. Pays de France was the fertile plain located immediately north of the City of Paris, with the city of Saint-Denis at its centre. Pays de France is now almost entirely built up and is covered by the northern suburbs of Paris. Pays de France is also known as "Parisis" and as the plaine de France ("plain of France"), and its name still appears in the name of some communes in the northern suburbs of Paris, such as Roissy-en-France (which literally means "Roissy in the Pays de France").
Transport[]
Roissy-en-France is not served by Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Roissy-en-France is Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 station on line B of the RER, Paris Region's express suburban rail system. This station is located inside the airport, on the part of the airport belonging to the commune of Tremblay-en-France, 3 km (1.9 mi) from the town center of Roissy-en-France.
Economy[]
Blue Line, a charter passenger airline, has its head office in Building B of Paris Nord 2, Parc des Lumières in Roissy-en-France.[3]
Air France's head office is located in the Roissypôle complex on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France,[4][5][6] near Roissy-en-France.[7]
Education[]
The community has two schools, école maternelle Saint-Exupéry (preschool) and école élémentaire Jean Mermoz.[8]
Literary reference[]
Roissy is the location where the action of the two explicit sadomasochistic novels Story of O (Histoire d'O), and its sequel Retour à Roissy by Pauline Réage take place.
Climate[]
| hideClimate data for Roissy-en-France | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
38.3 (100.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.8 (0.0) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.6 (36.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.0 (2.28) |
46.0 (1.81) |
55.8 (2.20) |
52.0 (2.05) |
65.9 (2.59) |
57.2 (2.25) |
61.2 (2.41) |
51.8 (2.04) |
53.8 (2.12) |
67.9 (2.67) |
56.5 (2.22) |
67.5 (2.66) |
693.6 (27.31) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.2 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 116.8 |
| Source: Météo France[9][10] | |||||||||||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Contact Us." Blue Line. Retrieved on 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Plan interactif." Tremblay-en-France. Retrieved on 20 September 2009.
- ^ "AIR FRANCE HEAD QUARTERS - ROISSYPOLE." Groupement d'Etudes et de Méthodes d'Ordonnancement (GEMO). Retrieved on 20 September 2009.
- ^ "Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle." Tremblay-en-France. Retrieved on 20 September 2009.
- ^ Head Office. Air France. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
- ^ "Les écoles maternelle et élémentaire." Roissy-en-France. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Roissy-en-France" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Climat Île-de-France" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roissy-en-France. |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Roissy. |
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (in French)
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- Communes of Val-d'Oise