Goussainville, Val-d'Oise

Goussainville
Saint Pierre-Saint Paul
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location within Île-de-France region  Goussainville
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Goussainville
Mayor	Antoine Casula (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	56–109 m (184–358 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
Land area1	11.52 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population2	30,555  (2006)
- Density	2,652 /km2 (6,870 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	95280/ 95190
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 (as the crow flies), near Charles de Gaulle International 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 1973 Paris Air Show crash of the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144.

Transport

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

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

• INSEE
• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)