Garges-lès-Gonesse
Garges-lès-Gonesse | |
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One of the city's projects and major urban concentrations, Les Doucettes. | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Location of Garges-lès-Gonesse | |
| Coordinates: 48°58′22″N 2°24′03″E / 48.9728°N 2.4008°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 |
Area 1 | 5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 42,388 |
| • Density | 7,700/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. | |
Garges-lès-Gonesse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁʒ lɛ ɡɔnɛs] ⓘ, literally Garges near Gonesse) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in northern France. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, 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.
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.