La Courneuve () is a commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
History The name La Courneuve derives from the Latin curtis nova meaning the 'new court/estate'.
Inhabited since pre-Roman times, the area is thought to have been a small village up through the Middle Ages. With its proximity to Paris, it soon became a fashionable country destination, with a number of gentry residing there. It had two notable châteaux - Sainte-Foi and Poitronville. Towards the end of Napoleon's reign, the entire area experienced large population growth. This along with improved methods of farming eventually transformed the area into the major legume producer for the Paris regional.
In 1863, the first major industrial enterprise was introduced and the area soon became a strange mix of factories and farmlands. Industrial estates were juxtaposed with bean plantations and that would continue until after World War II.
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1921.
During the 1960s, as Paris could no longer meet the demands of a further exploding population, La Courneuve, like many other suburbs of Paris, was designated as one of the "zones à urbaniser en priorité" (areas to be urbanized quickly) and was built up at a very rapid pace, with the construction of large council estates and tower blocks and other HLM developments. Between 1962 and 1968 the population nearly doubled.
Heraldry
Urbanism Typology Pantin is an urban commune, as it is one of the dense or intermediate density communes, as defined by the Insee communal density grid. It belongs to the urban unit of Paris, an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 407 communes and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a suburban commune.
The commune is also part of the functional area of Paris where it is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,929 communes.
Demographics Non-French nationals rose from 11% in La Courneuve in 1968, to 25% in 1990.
Immigration
Education Preschools and primary schools"Écoles maternelle et élémentaire." La Courneuve. Retrieved on August 19, 2016. Anatole-France Charlie-Chaplin Irène-Joliot-Curie Louise-Michel Paul-Doumer Paul-Langevin / Henri-Wallon Robespierre / Jules-Vallès Saint-Exupéry Raymond-Poincaré Rosenberg Joséphine-Baker Angela Davis
High schools/junior high schools:"Les collèges et lycées." La Courneuve. Retrieved on August 19, 2016. Collège Raymond-Poincaré Collège Jean-Vilar Collège Georges-Politzer
Sixth-form colleges/senior high schools: Lycée Jacques-Brel Lycée d'enseignement professionnel Denis-Papin Lycée Arthur-Rimbaud
Transport La Courneuve is served by La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 station on Paris Métro Line 7 and by La Courneuve–Aubervilliers station on Paris RER B.
Notable people Haris Belkebla, Algerian footballer Suzanne Masson, French resistance fighter, (1901-1943) Dinos (rapper), French Rapper
See also Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department Stade de Marville Centre des archives diplomatiques de La Courneuve
Notes
References
Un peu d'histoire. 07 Feb. 2006. La Ville de La Courneuve Mayol, Pierre. "The Policy of the City and Cultural Action". Canadian Journal of Communication Vol. 27, No. 2 (2002) Van Renterghem, Marion. "La Courneuve, « Rebeus » et « Renois » disent la vie des « 4000 »." Le Monde, 1 July 2005
External links
Official website