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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Courbevoie
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = File:Bibliothèque municipale de Courbevoie.jpg
|caption                = Courbevoie Municipal Library
|map                    = Courbevoie_map.svg
|map caption            = Location (in red) within Paris [[petite couronne|inner suburbs]]
|image coat of arms     = Blason Courbevoie 92.svg
|arrondissement         = Nanterre
|canton                 = [[Canton of Courbevoie-1|Courbevoie-1]] and [[Canton of Courbevoie-2|2]]
|INSEE                  = 92026
|postal code            = 92400
|mayor                  = [[Jacques Kossowski]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Grand Paris]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|48.8978|2.2531|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            =
|elevation min m        = 25
|elevation max m        = 56
|area km2               = 4.17
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Courbevoie''' ({{IPA|fr|kuʁbəvwa|-|Fr-Paris--Courbevoie.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] located in the [[Hauts-de-Seine]] department of the [[Île-de-France]] region of France. It is a suburb of [[Paris]], {{cvt|8.2|km|mi}} from the [[Kilometre zero|center of Paris]].   The centre of Courbevoie is situated {{cvt|2|km|mi}} from the city limits of Paris.

[[La Défense]], a business district hosting the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region|tallest buildings in the Paris metropolitan area]], spreads over the southern part of Courbevoie (as well as parts of [[Puteaux]], [[Nanterre]] and [[La Garenne-Colombes]]).

==Name==
The name Courbevoie comes from [[Latin]] ''Curva Via'' and means "curved highway", allegedly in reference to a [[Roman road]] from Paris to Normandy that made a sharp turn to climb the hill over which Courbevoie was built.

==Administration==
Courbevoie is divided into two [[canton in France|cantons]]: [[Canton of Courbevoie-1]] and [[Canton of Courbevoie-2]].

==History==
[[File:Hôtel Ville Courbevoie 6.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Courbevoie|Hôtel de Ville]]]]
A wooden bridge was built crossing the Seine at Courbevoie by order of [[Henry IV of France|King Henry IV]] when in 1606 his royal coach fell into the river while being transported by ferry. Rebuilt in stone during the eighteenth century, this was replaced by a metal bridge in 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.district-immo.com/en/parisian-neighbourhoods/quartier-du-pont/|title=Discover the Pont District - Neuilly-sur-Seine|publisher=District Immo |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>

The Convent of the Penitents founded in 1658 by Jean-Baptiste Forne was located in Courbevoie until the Revolution of 1789.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rVBRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA399   |title=Nouvelle encyclopédie théologique ou Nouvelle série de dictionnaires sur toutes les parties de la science religieuse | volume=30|first=Jacques-Paul|last= Migne |year= 1852|page=399}}</ref>

In 1840, the body of [[Napoleon]] was transported from [[Saint Helena]], where he had been exiled and died, to [[Cherbourg]]. It was then transferred to the steamer [[French ship Normandie (1835)|''la Normandie'']] and transported to [[Val-de-la-Haye]], where it was transferred to the small ferry ''la Dorade'' and transported to Courbevoie. It was then carried by road through the streets of Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/00000095123|title=Le Retour des cendres de Napoléon Ier, l'arrivée de la Dorade à Courbevoie, le 14 décembre 1840|publisher=Ministère de la Culture|access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense-92.fr/histoire/il-y-a-180-ans-les-cendres-de-napoleon-touche-terre-a-la-defense-67300|title=Il y a 180 ans, les cendres de Napoléon touche terre à La Défense|publisher=Defense 92|access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>

During the [[repression of January and February 1894]], the police conducted raids targeting the [[Anarchism|anarchists]] living there, without much success.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Les anarchistes |trans-title=The anarchists |work=La Dépêche |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |date=2 January 1894 |title=Deux mille perquisitions |journal=L'Estafette |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Une série générale de perquisitions : résultat négatif des recherches |trans-title=A general series of raids: negative results |work=L'Éclair}}</ref>

The [[Hôtel de Ville, Courbevoie|Hôtel de Ville]] was completed in 1858.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00088104}}</ref>

==Transport==
Courbevoie is served by two stations on the [[Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare]] suburban rail line: [[Courbevoie station|Courbevoie]] and [[Bécon-les-Bruyères station|Bécon-les-Bruyères]]. Courbevoie is also served by [[Esplanade de La Défense station|Esplanade de La Défense]] station on [[Paris Métro Line 1]], in the business district of La Défense.

There are also a large number of city buses that come through the bustling La Défense station.

When it comes to air transportation, Courbevoie can be served by Paris's [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] as well as Paris-Orly to the south and Beauvais Airport to the north.

==Education==
Courbevoie has multiple preschools and elementary schools. Junior high schools include:<ref>"[http://www.ville-courbevoie.fr/a-tout-age/annuaire-des-etablissements-equipements.htm Annuaire des établissements / équipements ]." Ville de Courbevoie. Retrieved on February 25, 2017.</ref>
* Collège Alfred de Vigny
* Collège Georges Pompidou
* Collège Georges Seurat
* Collège Les Bruyères
* Collège Les Renardières
* Collège Sainte Geneviève

Senior high schools include:
*[[École européenne Paris La Défense]]
*[[Lycée Paul Lapie de Courbevoie]]<ref>"[http://www.lyc-lapie-courbevoie.ac-versailles.fr/ Accueil]." [[Lycée Paul Lapie de Courbevoie]]. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.</ref>
*[[Lycée Paul Painlevé Courbevoie]]<ref>"[http://www.lyc-painleve-courbevoie.ac-versailles.fr/ Accueil]." [[Lycée Paul Painlevé Courbevoie]]. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.</ref>
*[[Collège Les renardières et Lycée Lucie Aubrac]]<ref>"[http://www.clg-renardieres-courbevoie.ac-versailles.fr/wordpress/ Accueil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621070251/http://www.clg-renardieres-courbevoie.ac-versailles.fr/wordpress/|date=2015-06-21}}." [[Collège Les renardières et Lycée Lucie Aubrac]]. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.</ref>
*[[Groupe scolaire Montalembert]]<ref>"[http://www.lyceemontalembert.org/ Accueil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621062134/http://www.lyceemontalembert.org/|date=2015-06-21}}." [[Groupe scolaire Montalembert]]. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.</ref>
*University of Pôle Léonard de Vinci

==Notable people==
[[Image:Retour des Cendres - 4.jpg|thumb|450px|''Arrival of "la Dorade" at Courbevoie on 14 December 1840'', 1867 by [[Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux]]. Château de Malmaison]]
*[[Georges Lamothe]] (1842–1894), composer, pianist and organist
*[[Henri Letocart]] (1866–1945), organist and composer
*[[Halina Krzyżanowska|Hélène Krzyżanowska]] (1867–1937), pianist and composer
*[[Albert Gleizes]] (1881–1953), [[Cubism|cubist artist]], painter, theorist
*[[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]] (1894–1961), writer
*[[Jacques Henri Lartigue]] (1894–1986), photographer and painter
*[[Arletty]] (1898–1992), actress and singer
*[[Roy Benson]] (1914–1977), stage magician
*[[Louis de Funès]] (1914–1983), actor and comedian
*[[Henri Betti]] (1917–2005), composer
*[[Madeleine Kamman]] (1930–2018), cook, culinary teacher, and author
*[[Jean-Pierre Worms]] (1934–2019), representative to the French Parliament
*[[Michel Delpech]] (1946–2016), singer-songwriter
*[[Michel Blanc]] (b. 1952), actor
*[[Franck Tchiloemba]] (b. 1973), basketball player
*[[Colomba Fofana]] (b. 1977), athlete
*[[Lamine Kanté]] (b. 1987), basketball player
*[[Massiré Kanté]] (b. 1989), footballer
*[[Raoul Loé]] (b. 1989), footballer
*[[Axel Augis]] (b. 1990), gymnast
*[[William Rémy]] (b. 1991), footballer
*[[Yoann Wachter]] (b. 1992), footballer
*[[Marie-Bernadette Mbuyamba]] (b. 1993), basketball player
*[[Bilal Coulibaly]] (b. 2004), basketball player
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== Personnages célèbres ==
* Acteurs, comédiens, metteurs en scène,...
** [[Arletty]] (Léonie Bathiat), actrice ([[15 mai]] [[1898]] - {{Date|23|juillet|1992}})
** [[Michel Blanc]], acteur, réalisateur, membre du [[Splendid]] (né le {{Date|16|avril|1952}})
** [[Louis de Funès]], acteur ({{Date|31|juillet|1914}} – {{Date|27|janvier|1983}})
** [[Jean-Pierre Darroussin]], acteur (né le {{Date|4|décembre|1953}})
** [[Maurice Labro]], réalisateur ({{Date|21|septembre|1910}} – {{Date|23|mars|1987}})
** [[Germaine Delbat]], est une actrice française, née Germaine Marie Fuster, le 26 mars [[1904]] à Courbevoie.
** [[Didier Bénureau]], acteur et humoriste (né le {{Date|28|octobre|1956}} à Courbevoie)
* Chanteurs, danseurs, musiciens,...
** [[Michel Delpech]], chanteur (né le {{Date|26|janvier|1946}})
** [[Louis-Alexandre Mérante]], danseur et chorégraphe ({{Date|23|juillet|1828}} – {{Date|17|juillet|1887}})
** [[Jean-Claude Vannier]], auteur-compositeur-interprète
* Écrivains, dessinateurs, historiens, photographe,...
** [[Louis-Ferdinand Céline|Céline]] (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches), écrivain ([[27 mai]] [[1894]] – {{1er juillet}} [[1961]])
** [[Jacques Henri Lartigue]], photographe ({{Date|13|juin|1894}} – {{Date|12|septembre|1986}})
** [[Georges Limbour]], écrivain et poète ({{Date|11|août|1900}} – [[22 mai]] [[1970]])
** [[André Glory]], abbé et archéologue ([[1906]] – {{Date|29|juillet|1966}})
** [[Voutch]], dessinateur (né le {{Date|12|février|1958}})
** [[Jean-Blaise Djian]], scénariste de bandes-dessinées (né en [[1953]])
* Politiques
** [[Marc Blondel]], syndicaliste (né le [[2 mai]] [[1938]])
** [[Olivier Jardé]], homme politique (né le {{Date|28|mars|1953}})
** [[Pierre Lagaillarde]], militant de l'[[Algérie française]] (né le [[15 mai]] [[1931]])
** [[Michel Rocard]], homme politique (né le {{Date|23|août|1930}})
* Sportifs
** [[Robert Sénéchal]], industriel, pilote de course automobile et aviateur français propriétaire d'une usine rue Louis Blanc.
** [[Philippe Candeloro]], patineur artistique (né le {{Date|17|février|1972}})
** [[Stanick Jeannette]], patineur artistique (né le {{Date|6|mars|1977}})
** [[Guillaume Lacour]], footballeur (né le {{Date|2|août|1980}})
** [[Nassim Akrour]], footballeur, attaquant jouant au GF38 actuellement (né le {{Date|10|juillet|1974}})
* Militaires,...
** [[Pierre Boucher (1772-1831)|Pierre Boucher]] (1772–1831), [[colonel]] du [[Premier Empire]]
--->

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Courbevoie is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
*{{flagdeco|UK}} [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] ([[London]]), United Kingdom
*{{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Freudenstadt]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]]), Germany
*{{flagdeco|Lebanon}} [[Beit Mery]] ([[Mount Lebanon]]), Lebanon

==Mayors of Courbevoie==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Antoine Le Frique]] (1800–1818)
*[[Joseph Derbanne]] (October, 1818 – February, 1826)
*[[Nicolas Rousselot]] (February 1826 – April 1830)
*[[Jean-Baptiste Chevalier]] (April 1830 – August 1830)
*[[Constant Grebaut]] (August 1830 – September 1840)
*[[Désiré Maurenq]] (September 1840 – 1845)
*[[Constant Grebaut]] (1845 – 26 August 1865)
*[[Charles Blondel]] (26 August 1865 – 7 February 1872)
*[[Jean-François Durenne]] (7 February 1872 – November 1873)
*[[Jean-Baptiste Weiss]] (November 1873 – 20 February 1874)
*[[Auguste Colas]] (20 February 1874 – 12 February 1878)
*[[Frédéric Bourgin]] (12 February 1878 – October 1878)
*[[Auguste Bailly]] (October 1878 – 19 May 1888)
*[[Antoine Rolland]] (19 May 1888 – 15 May 1892)
*[[Jules Lefevre]] (15 May 1892 – 27 January 1894)
*[[François le Chippey]] (27 January 1894 – May 1896)
*[[Léon Boursier]] (May 1896 – May 1908)
*[[Charles Mering]] (May 1908 – December 1919)
*[[Augustin Loiseau]] (December 1919 – October 1920)
*[[Joseph Victor]] (October 1920 – May 1925)
*[[Pierre Fouquart]] (May 1925 – September 1927)
*[[André Grisoni]] (September 1927 – July 1944)
*[[Gabriel Roche]] (September 1944 – 26 October 1947)
*[[Marius Guerre]] (26 October 1947 – 20 December 1954)
*[[Gabriel Roche]] (26 January 1955 – 15 March 1959)
*[[Charles Deprez]] (26 March 1959 – 18 June 1995)
*[[Jacques Kossowski]] (since 25 June 1995)
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==

===Population===

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|10602|Courbevoie}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-92026#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |1400
|1800 |1316
|1806 |1500
|1821 |1372
|1831 |1923
|1836 |2488
|1841 |2763
|1846 |3768
|1851 |4302
|1856 |5548
|1861 |10553
|1866 |9862
|1872 |13288
|1876 |11934
|1881 |15112
|1886 |15937
|1891 |17597
|1896 |20105
|1901 |25330
|1906 |31191
|1911 |38138
|1921 |46053
|1926 |48888
|1931 |54185
|1936 |58638
|1946 |55080
|1954 |59730
|1962 |59491
|1968 |58118
|1975 |54488
|1982 |59830
|1990 |65389
|1999 |69694
|2007 |84974
|2012 |86854
|2017 |81719
}}

===Immigration===
{{France immigration
|collectivity_name=Courbevoie
|census_year=1999
|metropolitan_France=80.0
|outside_metropolitan_France=20.0
|overseas_France=1.1
|foreign_French=3.8
|EU-15=3.4
|non-EU-15=11.7
}}

==Economy==
[[Total S.A.]] has its head office in the [[Tour Total]] in [[La Défense]] and in Courbevoie.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120909121001/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS54285+15-Oct-2009+BW20091015 Total: Main indicators]." ''[[Reuters]]''. Thursday October 15, 2009. Retrieved on October 19, 2009.</ref> [[Areva]] has its head office in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie.<ref>"[http://www.areva.com/EN/home-551/legal-notice.html Legal Notice]." [[Areva]]. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.</ref> [[Saint-Gobain]] also has its head office in Courbevoie.<ref>"[http://www.saint-gobain.com/en/legal-notice Legal notice]." Saint-Gobain. Retrieved on 7 July 2010.</ref>

The headquarters of [[National Institute of Industrial Property (France)|INPI]], the French government office for patents, copyrights, and trademarks, is in Courbevoie.<ref>[https://www.inpi.fr/fr/contactez-nous Contact us], at INPI official web site</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Courbevoie 4.JPG|Street at the border between Courbevoie and [[Asnières-sur-Seine|Asnières]]
Image:Georges Seurat 012.jpg|Bridge of Courbevoie, [[Georges Seurat]], 1886–1887
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|France}}
* [[La Défense]] business district.
* [[List of tallest structures in Paris]]
* [[Phare Tower]], a 300-meter skyscraper now under construction
*[[Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Courbevoie}}
* [http://www.ville-courbevoie.fr/ Courbevoie official website] {{in lang|fr}}

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