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Le Bourget
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Le Bourget is a town located in the Seine-Saint-Denis area near Paris, France. It is known internationally as the home of the Paris Air Show, one of the world's largest aviation and aerospace exhibitions held there biennially.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Bourget
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,690
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Le Bourget
- Population
- 15925
- Area
- 2.08
- Elevation
- 44
- Official website
- www.le-bourget.fr
- Image
- Le Bourget Mairie bis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis)
- postal code
- 93350
- male population
- 8286
- female population
- 8308
- phone number
- +33-1-48-38-82-82
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Travel guide
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The airport started commercial operations in 1919 and was Paris's only airport until the construction of Orly in 1932. Le Bourget, London's Croydon (now demolished) and Berlin's Tempelhof (now a municipal park) were "the trio of Classic European airports" whose design influenced all others that came later. On May 8, 1927, the White Bird took off from Le Bourget and its pilots, Charles Nungesser and François Coli, hoped to reach New York City without stopovers. Unfortunately 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).
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Le Bourget ( French pronunciation: [lə buʁˈʒɛ] ) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km (6+9⁄16 mi) from the center of Paris.
The commune features Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hosts the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Air and Space Museum). 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. 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.