Goussainville, Val-d'Oise

Goussainville

Saint Pierre-Saint Paul

Coat of arms

Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates: 49°01′57″N 2°28′29″E / 49.0325°N 2.4747°E / 49.0325; 2.4747Coordinates: 49°01′57″N 2°28′29″E / 49.0325°N 2.4747°E / 49.0325; 2.4747
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement Sarcelles
Canton Goussainville
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Alain Louis
Area1 11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 30,555
 • Density 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 95280 / 95190
Elevation 56–109 m (184–358 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Goussainville is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 20.6 km (12.8 mi) north-northeast from the center of Paris, near Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Goussainville, together with the neighboring communes of Le Thillay and Vaudherland, form an urban area of 31,109 inhabitants (1999 census). This urban area is a satellite city of Paris, being separated from the urban area of Paris by some agricultural land. However, with the growth of the Paris suburbs, particularly around Charles de Gaulle Airport, it is expected that in the near future Goussainville will be reached by the suburbs of Paris, thus becoming physically linked to the urban area of Paris.

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 6km from Gonesse, the site of the crash of the supersonic Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 on 25 July 2000.

Transport

Goussainville is served by two stations on Paris RER line D: Goussainville and Les Noues.

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