Roissy-en-France
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Roissy-en-France | |
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 Saint Eloi | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Location of Roissy-en-France  | |
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| Coordinates: 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 (2001–2020) | André Toulouse |
| Area 1 | 14.09 km2 (5.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | 2,833 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95527 /95700 |
| Elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
| 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]; 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 center of Paris.
One-quarter of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (France's main airport) but none of the terminals is in the commune of Roissy-en-France, which gave its original name to the airport. Later renamed Charles de Gaulle Airport, 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
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In "Roissy-en-France" , "France" refers not to the country of France but to an area (pays) of the historical province, the Île de France, the pays de France. Île-de-France was made up of several pays: the pays de France, such as Parisis, Mantois, 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 the plaine de France ("plain of France"), and the name of the old pays 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").
Climate
| Climate 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) |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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[1][2] | |||||||||||||
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 Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the RER. 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.
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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- Mérimée database - Cultural heritage Template:Fr icon
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