Roissy-en-France
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Saint Eloi
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 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs |
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| Coordinates: 49°00′18″N 2°31′08″E / 49.0050°N 2.5189°ECoordinates: 49°00′18″N 2°31′08″E / 49.0050°N 2.5189°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val-d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles | |
| Canton | Villiers-le-Bel | |
| Intercommunality | CA Roissy Pays de France | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2001–2020) | André Toulouse | |
| Area1 | 14.09 km2 (5.44 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 2,833 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95527 /95700 | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Roissy-en-France (French pronunciation: [ʁwasi ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃s]; colloquially simply called Roissy) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France, in the Val d'Oise department. It is located 20.7 km (12.9 mi) from the center of Paris.
One-quarter of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (France's main airport) but none of the terminals is in the commune of Roissy-en-France, which gave its original name to the airport. Later renamed Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airport is still commonly referred to as Roissy Airport in France. The rest of the airport lies on the territory of the commune of Tremblay-en-France and several other communes.
In the name Roissy-en-France, "France" does not refer to the country of France, but it refers to an area (pays) of the historical province called the Île de France, known as the pays de France. Île-de-France was made up of several pays: the pays de France, Parisis, Mantois, Hurepoix, and so on. Pays de France was the fertile plain located immediately north of the city of Paris, with the city of Saint-Denis at its centre. Pays de France is now almost entirely built-up, being covered by the northern suburbs of Paris. Pays de France is also known as the plaine de France ("plain of France"), and the name of this old pays still appears in the name of some communes in the northern suburbs of Paris, such as Roissy-en-France (which literally means "Roissy in the pays de France").
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