Garges-lès-Gonesse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁʒ lɛ ɡɔnɛs] (listen), literally Garges near Gonesse) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris in the Val-d'Oise department in northern France. It is located 14.1 km (8.8 mi) from the center of Paris. The city is a part of the Paris urban area. It is the seat of the canton of Garges-lès-Gonesse, which also covers Arnouville.

Garges-lès-Gonesse
Commune
One of the city's projects and major urban concentrations, Les Doucettes.
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Garges-lès-Gonesse
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Coordinates: 48°58′22″N 2°24′03″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Garges-lès-Gonesse
Intercommunality	CA Roissy Pays de France
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Jimenez[1]
Area 1	5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	43,239
• Density	7,900/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95268 /95140
Elevation	34–80 m (112–262 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The city is strongly urbanized and is near to Paris–Le Bourget Airport. Garges-lès-Gonesse was transformed from an old rural village to a suburb at the beginning of the 20th century.

Population

Transport

Garges-lès-Gonesse is served by Garges – Sarcelles station on Paris RER line D.

Education

Primary schools:[5]

• 13 preschools
• 11 elementary schools
• Four combined preschools and elementary schools

Secondary schools:

• Junior high schools: Paul Eluard, Henri Wallon, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse[6]
• Senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée Simone de Beauvoir[7]
• Vocational high school: Lycée professionel Arthur Rimbaud[8]

Personalities

• Diamory Sylla, basketball player
• Marc Macedot, athlete
• Mr. Brainwash, street artist

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

External links

• 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 Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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