Garges-lès-Gonesse

It is the seat of the canton of Garges-lès-Gonesse, which also covers Arnouville. The city is strongly urbanized and is near the Paris–Le Bourget Airport. Transformed from an old rural village to a suburb at the beginning of the 20th century.

• Name — Garges-lès-Gonesse • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason de Garges-lès-Gonesse.svg • Adjustable Map — Garges-les-Gonesse_map.png • Map Caption — Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs • Arrondissement — Sarcelles • Canton — Garges-lès-Gonesse • Intercommunality — CA Roissy Pays de France • Mayor — Benoît Jimenez • Term — 2020–2026 • Elevation M — 60 • Elevation Min M — 34 • Elevation Max M — 80 • Area Km2 — 5.47 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Insee — 95268 • Postal Code — 95140 Garges-lès-Gonesse (Fr-Paris--Garges-lès-Gonesse.ogg, 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 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 the Paris–Le Bourget Airport. Garges-lès-Gonesse was transformed from an old rural village to a suburb at the beginning of the 20th century.

The name Garges possibly derives from the Old Germanic wardja, meaning 'place of guard', referring to a Frankish fort built in the 4th century.

• Illustration — The Hôtel de Ville The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1975.

Garges-lès-Gonesse is served by Garges – Sarcelles station on Paris RER line D.

Primary schools: • 13 preschools • 11 elementary schools • Four combined preschools and elementary schools Secondary schools: • Junior high schools: Paul Eluard, Henri Wallon, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse • Senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée Simone de Beauvoir • Vocational high school: Lycée professionel Arthur Rimbaud

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