Gonesse

Since Carolingian times, cereals have been grown in Gonesse. In the period of the 12th through to the 16th centuries, the cultivation of grain was supplemented by drapery, in particular the production of the coarse woollen material of the gaunace. The commune was an important producer of wheat for the Parisian market in modern times, until the decline of its bakery trade at the end of the 18th century helped feed a strong migration to the capital. Since June 1939, the property Frapart (the Castle) is used as the main establishment of the urban administration. The crash led to the deaths of all 109 people on board and four more on the ground. The Concorde crash occurred fewer than 6 km from Goussainville, the site of the crash of the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 during the 1973 Paris Air Show. ==Population==

at the La Fauconnière social housing estate Among the places worthwhile to visit in the town are the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, the old Hotel-Dieu, the Hotel-Dieu, the lofts Garlande and Orgemont, and the estates of Malmaison and of Coulanges. ==Transport==

Gonesse is served neither by the Paris Métro, RER, nor the suburban rail network. The closest station is the Villiers-le-Bel–Gonesse–Arnouville station on the Paris RER D. This station is located in the neighbouring commune of Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, from Gonesse town centre. ==Education==

, the commune had 20 municipal primary schools with a total of 3,526; pupils, including 11 pre-schools (écoles maternelles) with a total of 1,389 pupils (in addition to 20 children in toute petite programmes) and nine elementary schools with 2,137 total pupils. Junior high schools: • College Philippe Auguste • Collège Robert Doisneau • Collège François Truffaut There is one senior high school, Lycée René Cassin-Gonesse. ==Notable people==

• Philip Augustus, King of France born in Gonesse 21 August 1165. • Simon Abkarian, French-Armenian actor • Ernest Broquet, former mayor of Gonesse and recipient of the Legion of Honor • Woyo Coulibaly, footballer • Axel Disasi, footballer • Annabelle Euranie, judoka • Mohamed Fofana, footballer • Franck Julienne, footballer • Aboubakar Kamara, footballer • Grejohn Kyei, footballer • Louis Labeyrie, basketball player • Cedric Moukouri, footballer • Alice Nayo, basketball player • Thierry Rupert, basketball player • Dylan Saint-Louis, footballer • Halifa Soule, footballer • Warren Tchimbembe, footballer == Twinning with Leonessa ==

Gonesse has been twinned with the town of Leonessa in Rieti, Italy, since 1981. ==See also==