Courbevoie

Courbevoie is a town of France, in the western suburbs of Paris, on left bank of the the Seine.

The district of Defense, principal district of businesses of Paris, extends partly on Courbevoie (the remainder being divided between Puteaux and Nanterre).

Courbevoie, seat of the nautical Company of the low Seine, accommodated the tests of Aviron, Natation and Water-polo of the Olympic Games of summer of 1900. The Crawl was swum there for the first time at the Olympic Games.

Geography

Courbevoie is a city located in western outskirts of the city of Paris, with two kilometers of the limits of the capital. It extends on left bank from the the Seine, of the district of Defense in the south, which occupies part of its territory, with Asnières-sur-Seine, north.

It is also bordering on the communes of the Garenne-Doves and Wood-Doves in north, Levallois-Perret in the east, Neuilly-sur-Seine in south-east, Puteaux in south-west and Nanterre in the west.

History

The origin of the name of the town of Courbevoie comes from Latin curva via i.e. the “curved road” which corresponds to the curved road which crosses the city. This term is found besides in the currency of the city registered on the Armoiries of the city: Curva via lie recta (“curved road, right spirit”) of which Antonin the Piles, wire of the Roman Emperor Hadrian would be the author.

At the beginning, Curva via was a small hamlet of fishermen and vine growers. At the 8th century, the village depended on the abbey of Saint-Wandrille (close to Rouen) then passed under the control of the clergy of Saint-Denis to the 12th century. Thereafter, it will depend on the parish of Colombes until in 1787.

In 1606, whereas the king Henri IV and the queen Marie de Médicis returned from Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer, they borrowed the vat making it possible to cross the Seine to regain Paris. Fits with body royal fell to water. Following this “shipwreck”, Henri IV charged Sully with building a bridge with the site of the current bridge of Neuilly. The bridge initially out of wooden was rebuilt out of stone with the XVIIIe century by Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, engineer of the king. In 1938, it was replaced by a metallic bridge completed in 1946.

It is by this bridge which passed the December 14th 1840 the procession bringing back ashes of Napoleon 1st since the island Sainte-Hélène until the Invalides. In addition, until 1914, a Tramway with vapor passed on the bridge. Until the middle of the 18th century, Courbevoie was a village of a few hundreds of inhabitants. At the end of the Years 1730, Courbevoie becomes a garrison town. The village sees its population then doubling. Working S, Craftsman S and many small companies settle there. In parallel, until the end of the 19th century, the culture of the Vigne S will remain an important activity of Courbevoie.

The city acquires its autonomy in 1790 and becomes a chief town of canton in 1829. Whereas Courbevoie counted less than 1.500 inhabitants at the end of the 18th century, the population will increase very quickly during the next century, reaching 25.000 inhabitants at the end of the 19th century because of the development of the craft industry, industry and the means of transport (in particular of the Railroad). During the 20th century, the first and the Second world war deeply will mark the city which will know extensive damage and many victims because of the bombardments.

After the war, with the installation of the district of Defense, the economic activity of Courbevoie knows a notable increase. In same time, an immense operation of town planning is committed to transform the city into modern districts with many residences, trade, public equipment, sporting and cultural infrastructures.

Little by little, Courbevoie passed from the statute of industrial town to that of city to tertiary vocation.

Districts

The town of Courbevoie is divided into five districts:

Demography

Administration

Administrative status

Courbevoie is divided into two cantons:

Mayors of Courbevoie

Elections

For the electoral deadlines of 2007, Courbevoie belongs to the 82 communes of more than 3500 inhabitants having used the machines to vote electronic.

Twinnings

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Transport

the SNCF

The common one has two Gare S established on its territory:
  • the Station of Courbevoie
  • the Station of Bécon-the-Heathers

Formerly, the Halte of Courbevoie Sport made it possible to serve the cynodrome.

  • the Station of Defense, on the commune bordering on Puteaux, serves the north-western part of Courbevoie, in particular the district Faubourg of the Arch (cf hereafter).
  • the Station of Asnières-sur-Seine, although on the common neighbor, serves the north-eastern part of Courbevoie, often called Bécon-Asnières.

the RATP

To judge some by its name, the subway station Bridge-with-Levallois-Bécon, located on the other side of the the Seine, on the commune of Levallois-Perret, has also the role to serve the district of Bécon of Courbevoie .

Defense

Lastly, Courbevoie profits from an direct access to the important grid systems which serve the district of businesses of Defense:
  • subway 1: Esplanade-of-the-defense, Large-Arch-of-the-Defense
  • the RER a: Defense
  • T2 tram: Defense
  • the SNCF: Defense
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Famous characters

Culture and tourism

The town of Courbevoie is also famous locally for its fireworks on July 13rd.

Catalog of films

Courbevoie was used as decorations with many films.

See too

External bonds

  • the site of the town hall

Notes, sources and references

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