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Le Bourget
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Le Bourget is a town located in the Seine-Saint-Denis area near Paris, France. It is known internationally as the home of the Paris Air Show, one of the world's largest aviation and aerospace exhibitions held there biennially.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Bourget
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,690
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Bourget
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Grand Paris
- Population
- 15925
- Area
- 2.08
- Elevation
- 44
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Le Bourget
- Shares border with
- Drancy
- Official website
- www.le-bourget.fr
- Image
- Le Bourget Mairie bis.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis)
- Commons category
- Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis)
- postal code
- 93350
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Courneuve
- male population
- 8286
- female population
- 8308
- phone number
- +33-1-48-38-82-82
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Travel guide
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The airport started commercial operations in 1919 and was Paris's only airport until the construction of Orly in 1932. Le Bourget, London's Croydon (now demolished) and Berlin's Tempelhof (now a municipal park) were "the trio of Classic European airports" whose design influenced all others that came later. On May 8, 1927, the White Bird took off from Le Bourget and its pilots, Charles Nungesser and François Coli, hoped to reach New York City without stopovers. Unfortunately the plane disappeared without a trace. It was finally Charles Lindbergh who made the first air crossing of the North Atlantic between New York and Paris on May 21, 1927. He was welcomed as the "victor" of the North Atlantic, posing on his Spirit of St. Louis. An enormous crowd also welcomed Edouard Daladier on September 29, 1938, after the signing of the Munich Agreement signed between Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy represented respectively by Adolf Hitler, Edouard Daladier, Neville Chamberlain and Benito Mussolini (who had acted as intermediary).
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Article · Français
Le Bourget est une commune française située dans le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis en région Île-de-France. Petit village avant l'industrialisation, le Bourget a connu quelques pendant la guerre franco-allemande de 1870. Néanmoins, la commune est surtout connue pour accueillir l'aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, qui est ouvert au trafic national et international commercial non régulier et aux avions privés. Ouvert en 1919, il est le premier aéroport civil de Paris et reste le seul jusqu'à la construction de l'aéroport d'Orly. L'histoire de la ville est d'ailleurs fortement liée à l'aéronautique. Le Bourget abrite par ailleurs le musée de l'Air et de l'Espace et accueille tous les deux ans le salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget.
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