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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Le Bourget
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Le Bourget Mairie.jpg
|caption            = The town hall of Le Bourget
|image coat of arms = Blason Le Bourget 93.svg
|map                = Le_Bourget_map.svg
|map caption        = Location (in red) within Paris [[petite couronne|inner suburbs]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|48.9353|2.4256|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement     = Le Raincy
|canton             = La Courneuve
|INSEE              = 93013
|postal code        = 93350
|mayor              = Jean-Baptiste Borsali<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]]
|elevation min m    = 38
|elevation max m    = 48
|area km2           = 2.08
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|website            = [http://www.le-bourget.fr/ www.le-bourget.fr]
}}

'''Le Bourget''' ({{IPA|fr|lə buʁˈʒɛ|-|Fr-Paris--Le Bourget.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the northeastern suburbs of [[Paris]], [[France]]. It is located {{convert|10.6|km|mi|frac=16|abbr=on}} from the [[Kilometre zero#France|center of Paris]].

The commune features [[Paris - Le Bourget Airport|Le Bourget Airport]], which in turn hosts the [[Musée de l'Air|Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]] (Air and Space Museum).<ref>"[http://www.museeairespace.fr/en/general-informations/address-and-directions.html Address and Directions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721014234/http://www.museeairespace.fr/en/general-informations/address-and-directions.html |date=21 July 2011 }}." [[Musée de l'Air]]. Retrieved on 9 September 2010.</ref> A very small part of Le Bourget Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. Most of the airport lies on the territory of the communes of [[Dugny]], [[Bonneuil-en-France]], and [[Gonesse]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The [[Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile]] is also headquartered on the airport grounds and in Le Bourget proper.<ref>"[http://www.bea.aero/anglaise/bea/plandacces.htm How to find us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030816143058/http://www.bea.aero/anglaise/bea/plandacces.htm |date=16 August 2003 }}." [[Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile]]. Retrieved on 2 June 2009.</ref>

==Typology==
Le Bourget is an urban commune, as it is one of the dense or intermediate density communes, as defined by the [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] communal density grid.{{efn|According to the zoning of rural and urban municipalities published in November 2020, in application of the new definition of rurality validated on November 14, 2020 by the Interministerial Committee for Rural Areas.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/typologie-urbain-rural|title=Typologie urbain / rural|website=observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=21 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921191030/https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/typologie-urbain-rural|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c1472|title=Commune urbaine - définition|website=[[Insee]] website|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/methodes/methode-comprendre-la-grille-de-densite|title=Comprendre la grille de densité|website=observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr|access-date=March 15, 2024|archive-date=2 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302112927/https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/methodes/methode-comprendre-la-grille-de-densite|url-status=dead}}</ref> It belongs to the [[urban unit]] of [[Paris]], an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 407 communes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/unite-urbaine-2020/00851-paris|title=Unité urbaine 2020 de Paris|publisher=INSEE|access-date= 12 November 2024}}</ref> and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a [[suburb]]an commune.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/4802589|title=Base des unités urbaines 2020 |date=October 21, 2020|website=insee.fr|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806684|title=Toujours plus d'habitants dans les unités urbaines |first=Vianney| last=Costemalle |date=October 21, 2020|website=website of [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]]|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref>

The commune is also part of the [[functional area (France)|functional area of Paris]]{{efn|In October 2020, the concept of [[functional area (France)|functional area]] replaced that of [[urban area (France)|urban area]] in order to enable consistent comparisons with other [[European Union]] countries}} where it is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,929 communes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/aire-attraction-des-villes-2020/001-paris|title=Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Paris|publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] website|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806694|title=En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville |author1=Marie-Pierre de Bellefon|author2=Pascal Eusebio |author3=Jocelyn Forest |author4=Olivier Pégaz-Blanc |author5=Raymond Warnod 
|author6=(Insee) |date=October 21, 2020|website=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|Insee]] website|access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Rail===
Le Bourget is served by [[Le Bourget (Paris RER)|Le Bourget]] rail station on Paris [[RER B|RER line B]]. There is also an extensive freight rail yard with international traffic to Belgium, among others. Progressively, Le Bourget is planned to one of the principal transportation hub in the Paris North suburb : The [[Tangentielle Nord]] is an express tramway planned to enter in service in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tangentiellenord.fr/ |title=Archived copy |website=tangentiellenord.fr |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040111/http://tangentiellenord.fr/ |archive-date=6 November 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and two train stations are planned in the long term as part of the [[Grand Paris Express]] project with the future lines 16 and 17.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

===Highways===
The town is served by two major Highways (''Autoroutes''), [[A1 autoroute]] in the north of the town, and [[A86 autoroute]] in the south of the city. Those two highways ensure a direct connection to major Paris Region hubs like La Defense (A86 West), Bobigny (A86 East), Roissy [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] (A1 North), Paris (A1 South).

===Air===
[[Paris–Le Bourget Airport]] is the first business flights airport in Europe. It connects with 800 destinations in Europe.<ref>http://www.plainedefrance.fr/le-centre-de-ressources/actualites/mipim-2014 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701114324/http://www.plainedefrance.fr/le-centre-de-ressources/actualites/mipim-2014 |date=1 July 2014 }} Pole Metropolitain du Bourget MIPIM 2014 Presentation</ref>
[[File:Carte_postale-Oiseau_blanc-1927.jpg|left|thumb|Pilots Nungesser and Coli and ''[[L'Oiseau Blanc]]'', postcard (1927)]]
On May 8, 1927, the White Bird (''l'Oiseau blanc'') took off from Le Bourget and its pilots, [[Charles Nungesser]] and [[François Coli]], hoped to reach New York City without stopovers. 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).

==Climate==
{{Weather box
|location = Le Bourget (1991–2020 averages)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 16.1
|Feb record high C = 20.8
|Mar record high C = 25.5
|Apr record high C = 31.9
|May record high C = 35.0
|Jun record high C = 36.9
|Jul record high C = 42.1
|Aug record high C = 40.2
|Sep record high C = 35.3
|Oct record high C = 29.4
|Nov record high C = 21.3
|Dec record high C = 17.2
|year record high C = 42.1
|Jan high C = 7.5
|Feb high C = 8.7
|Mar high C = 12.6
|Apr high C = 16.1
|May high C = 19.6
|Jun high C = 23.0
|Jul high C = 25.5
|Aug high C = 25.4
|Sep high C = 21.5
|Oct high C = 16.5
|Nov high C = 11.1
|Dec high C = 7.9
|year high C = 16.3
|Jan mean C = 4.9
|Feb mean C = 5.4
|Mar mean C = 8.4
|Apr mean C = 11.2
|May mean C = 14.7
|Jun mean C = 18.0
|Jul mean C = 20.2
|Aug mean C = 20.0
|Sep mean C = 16.5
|Oct mean C = 12.7
|Nov mean C = 8.1
|Dec mean C = 5.4
|year mean C = 12.1
|Jan low C = 2.3
|Feb low C = 2.1
|Mar low C = 4.2
|Apr low C = 6.3
|May low C = 9.8
|Jun low C = 13.0
|Jul low C = 14.9
|Aug low C = 14.6
|Sep low C = 11.5
|Oct low C = 8.8
|Nov low C = 5.2
|Dec low C = 2.8
|year low C = 8.0
|Jan record low C = -18.2
|Feb record low C = -16.8
|Mar record low C = -9.6
|Apr record low C = -3.7
|May record low C = -1.6
|Jun record low C = 0.9
|Jul record low C = 3.5
|Aug record low C = 1.9
|Sep record low C = 0.1
|Oct record low C = -5.6
|Nov record low C = -9.5
|Dec record low C = -15.1
|year record low C = -18.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 46.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 41.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 43.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 43.1
|May precipitation mm = 60.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 53.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 56.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 52.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 44.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 56.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 53.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 63.4
|year precipitation mm = 616.3
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 10.3
|Feb precipitation days = 9.1
|Mar precipitation days = 9.4
|Apr precipitation days = 8.7
|May precipitation days = 9.3
|Jun precipitation days = 8.4
|Jul precipitation days = 7.4
|Aug precipitation days = 7.9
|Sep precipitation days = 8.0
|Oct precipitation days = 9.7
|Nov precipitation days = 10.2
|Dec precipitation days = 11.7
|year precipitation days = 110.1
|Jan sun = 57.4
|Feb sun = 73.7
|Mar sun = 129.3
|Apr sun = 171.0
|May sun = 189.4
|Jun sun = 203.0
|Jul sun = 213.2
|Aug sun = 206.4
|Sep sun = 161.6
|Oct sun = 111.3
|Nov sun = 63.7
|Dec sun = 54.3
|year sun = 1634.2
|source = [[Meteociel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Normals and records for Le Bourget (95) |url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=95088001&normes=2020 |publisher=[[Meteociel]]|language=fr|access-date=7 September 2025}}</ref>
}}

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-93013#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|graph-pos = right
|1968 |9679
|1975 |10534
|1982 |11021
|1990 |11699
|1999 |12110
|2007 |12961
|2012 |15139
|2017 |16594
|2020|15660}}

== Culture ==
The world-renowned [[Gagosian Gallery]] is located in Le Bourget airport area.

== Facilities ==
Le Bourget houses the ''Crèche intercommunale Maryse Bastié'', an intercommunal [[daycare]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230162658/http://www.le-bourget.fr/La-Creche-Municipale.html La Crèche Intercommunale]." Le Bourget. Retrieved on 31 January 2012.</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:Le Bourget - collège Didier Daurat.jpg|thumb|Collège Didier Daurat]]

=== Schools ===
École maternelle Saint-Exupéry is the sole ''maternelle'' public nursery school in Le Bourget, while École primaire Louis Blériot is the sole ''élémentaire''- only public school in Le Bourget. Two municipal schools, Groupe scolaire Jean Jaurès and Groupe scolaire Jean Mermoz, serve both the ''maternelle'' and ''élémentaire'' levels. Collège Didier Daurat is the sole municipal ''collège'' (junior high school). There is one public high school, [[Lycée Germaine Tillion (Le Bourget)|Lycée Germaine Tillion]] (dubbed ''Lycée du Bourget''). Institution Privée Sainte-Marie, serving the ''maternelle'', ''élémentaire'' and ''collège'' levels, is the sole private school in Le Bourget.<ref>"[http://www.le-bourget.fr/Les-etablissements-scolaires.html Les Etablissements Scolaires]." Le Bourget. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.</ref>

=== Libraries ===
The {{convert|350|sqm|sqft|adj=on}} Le Bourget Public Library has 45,000 books and almost 100 magazines. It is located within the Urban Community of Le Bourget Airport (''Communauté d'Agglomération de l'Aéroport du Bourget'').<ref>"[http://www.le-bourget.fr/La-Bibliotheque.html La Bibliothèque] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025085748/http://www.le-bourget.fr/La-Bibliotheque.html |date=25 October 2011 }}." Le Bourget. Retrieved on 31 January 2012.</ref>

The ''Le Point d'Interrogation'' media library, located in Le Bourget, a stone's throw from the ''Place du Marché'' and the ''Town Hall'', was inaugurated in 2013 and welcomes the general public to 750 square meters on one level. It is aimed at all public and offers nearly 30,000 documents, including books, CDs, DVDs and magazine in a wide variety of genres. The library was named after the aircraft ''Le Point d'Interrogation'' (''the Question Mark''), piloted by French aviators [[Dieudonné Costes]] and [[Maurice Bellonte]] who performed the first westbound crossing of the North Atlantic, from Paris to New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Point D'Interrogation ? |url=http://mediatheques.drancydugnylebourget.fr/portail/mediatheque-le-point-dinterrogation-le-bourget.aspx?_lg=fr-FR |access-date=Jan 31, 2023 |website=mediatheques.drancydugnylebourget.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

== Notable inhabitants ==
* [[Germinal Pierre Dandelin]] (April 12, 1794 – February 15, 1847) was a mathematician, soldier, and professor of engineering.
* Vizeadmiral [[Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière]] (March 18, 1886 – February 24, 1941), born in [[Poznań|Posen]] (now Poznań, [[Poland]]) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during [[World War I]].
* [[Bernard Tapie]] (January 26, 1943-October 3, 2021), lived at Le Bourget in the years 1950/1960 where he attended the Edgard-Quinet school (then renamed Didier-Daurat college). He lived with his parents and his younger brother Jean-Claude, at 11 Avenue Baudoin, in a very modest building that still exists.
* [[Vincent Capo-Canellas]] (born 1967) is a French politician. He serves as a Senator for [[Seine-Saint-Denis]].
* [[Franck Silvestre]] (1967), former French soccer player, was trained at the Bourget football school from 1975 to 1983.

== Sister cities==
Le Bourget has been [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Jumelage'' |url=https://www.le-bourget.fr/Jumelage.html |access-date=Jan 31, 2023 |website=Le Bourget Town Hall |language=fr}}</ref> with

* [[Amityville, New York]], [[United States|USA]] since 1979<ref>{{cite web |title= |url=http://www.amityvillehistoricalsociety.org/Hist.Chronological.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-03-01 |df=dmy-all |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725195856/http://www.amityvillehistoricalsociety.org/Hist.Chronological.htm }}</ref>
* [[Cullera]], [[Spain]], since 1982
* [[Little Falls, Minnesota|Little Falls]], [[Minnesota]], USA since 1987
* [[Zhukovsky (city)|Zhukovsky]] in [[Russia]], since 1993.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:LeBourgetAirport.JPG|[[Le Bourget Airport]]
File:LeBourgetLibrary.JPG|Le Bourget Library
File:BEAHQLeBourget8.JPG|Building 153, the head office of the [[Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile]] (BEA) at Le Bourget Airport
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|France}}
* [[Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.le-bourget.fr/ Commune of Le Bourget] {{in lang|fr}}

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