Courbevoie

Courbevoie
Commune
Courbevoie Municipal Library
Courbevoie Municipal Library
Coat of arms of Courbevoie
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Courbevoie
Courbevoie is located in France
Courbevoie
Courbevoie
Location within France
Courbevoie is located in Île-de-France (region)
Courbevoie
Courbevoie
Location within Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°53′52″N 2°15′11″E / 48.8978°N 2.2531°E / 48.8978; 2.2531
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentHauts-de-Seine
ArrondissementNanterre
CantonCourbevoie-1 and 2
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2026–32) Jacques Kossowski
Area
1
4.17 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Highest elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Lowest elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 (2023)
82,902
 • Density19,900/km2 (51,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
92026 /92400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Courbevoie (French pronunciation: [kuʁbəvwa] ⓘ) is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, 8.2 km (5.1 mi) from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated 2 km (1.2 mi) from the city limits of Paris.

La Défense, a business district hosting the tallest buildings in the Paris metropolitan area, spreads over the southern part of Courbevoie (as well as parts of Puteaux, Nanterre and La Garenne-Colombes).

Name

The name Courbevoie derives from the Latin Curva Via, meaning "curved road", it refers to a Roman road from Paris to Normandy that made a sharp turn to climb the hill over which Courbevoie was built.

Administration

Courbevoie is divided into two cantons: Canton of Courbevoie-1 and Canton of Courbevoie-2.

History

The Hôtel de Ville

In 1606, after King Henry IV's royal coach fell into the Seine while crossing the river by ferry, he ordered the construction of a wooden bridge at Courbevoie. Rebuilt in stone during the eighteenth century, this was replaced by a metal bridge in 1942.

The Convent of the Penitents founded in 1658 by Jean-Baptiste Forne was located in Courbevoie until the Revolution of 1789.

In 1840, the body of Napoleon was transported from Saint Helena, where he had been exiled and died, to Cherbourg. It was then transferred to the steamer la Normandie and transported to Val-de-la-Haye, where it was transferred to the small ferry la Dorade and transported to Courbevoie. It was then carried by road through the streets of Paris.

During the repression of January and February 1894, the police conducted raids targeting the anarchists living there, without much success.

The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1858.

Transport

Courbevoie is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare network: Courbevoie and Bécon-les-Bruyères. Courbevoie is also served by Esplanade de La Défense station on Paris Métro Line 1, in the business district of La Défense.

Several bus routes also serve the commune and the nearby La Défense transport hub.

When it comes to air transportation, Courbevoie can be served by Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport as well as Paris-Orly to the south and Beauvais Airport to the north.

Education

Courbevoie has multiple preschools and elementary schools. Junior high schools include:

Senior high schools include:

Notable people

The Arrival of La Dorade at Courbevoie by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1867. Depicting the 1840 return of Napoleon, the painting is now at the Château de Malmaison.

International relations

Courbevoie is twinned with:

Mayors of Courbevoie

Demographics

Population

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Courbevoie in 1999
Born in metropolitan France Born outside metropolitan France
80.0% 20.0%
Born in
overseas France		 Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 EU-15 immigrants2 Non-EU-15 immigrants
1.1% 3.8% 3.4% 11.7%
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.

2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Economy

Total S.A. has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense and in Courbevoie. Areva has its head office in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie. Saint-Gobain also has its head office in Courbevoie.

The headquarters of INPI, the French government office for patents, copyrights, and trademarks, is in Courbevoie.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Courbevoie, Mairie de. "L'histoire de Courbevoie". Mairie de Courbevoie (in French). Mairie de Courbevoie. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Discover the Pont District - Neuilly-sur-Seine". District Immo. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Migne, Jacques-Paul (1852). Nouvelle encyclopédie théologique ou Nouvelle série de dictionnaires sur toutes les parties de la science religieuse. Vol. 30. p. 399.
  6. ↑ "Le Retour des cendres de Napoléon Ier, l'arrivée de la Dorade à Courbevoie, le 14 décembre 1840". Ministère de la Culture. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Il y a 180 ans, les cendres de Napoléon touche terre à La Défense". Defense 92. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Les anarchistes" [The anarchists]. La Dépêche. 3 January 1894. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Deux mille perquisitions". L'Estafette: 2. 2 January 1894.
  10. ↑ "Une série générale de perquisitions : résultat négatif des recherches" [A general series of raids: negative results]. L'Éclair. 3 January 1894.
  11. ↑ Base Mérimée: PA00088104, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
  12. ↑ "Annuaire des établissements / équipements ." Ville de Courbevoie. Retrieved on February 25, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Accueil." Lycée Paul Lapie de Courbevoie. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Accueil." Lycée Paul Painlevé Courbevoie. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Accueil Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine." Collège Les renardières et Lycée Lucie Aubrac. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Accueil Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine." Groupe scolaire Montalembert. Retrieved on June 21, 2015.
  17. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Courbevoie, EHESS (in French).
  18. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  19. ↑ "Total: Main indicators[link removed]." Reuters. Thursday October 15, 2009. Retrieved on October 19, 2009.
  20. ↑ "Legal Notice." Areva. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
  21. ↑ "Legal notice." Saint-Gobain. Retrieved on 7 July 2010.
  22. ↑ Contact us, at INPI official web site