Noisy-le-Grand
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Noisy-le-Grand is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the eastern suburbs of Paris
Paris
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, France
France
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. It is located 15.2 km (9.4 mi) from the center of Paris
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The commune of Noisy-le-Grand is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée is a new town located near Paris, France.Disneyland Paris, Val d'Europe,Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée,and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.-Status:...

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Name

The name Noisy comes from Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin
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 nucetum , meaning "walnut
Walnut
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 grove", after the walnut trees covering the territory of Noisy-le-Grand in ancient times.

The epithet
Epithet
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 "le-Grand" (Medieval Latin: Magnum), meaning "the Great", was added in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
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, probably to distinguish Noisy-le-Grand from the smaller settlement of Noisy-le-Sec
Noisy-le-Sec
Noisy-le-Sec is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Heraldry:-Transport:Noisy-le-Sec is served by Noisy-le-Sec station on Paris RER line E.-Personalities:*Hassoun Camara,footballer...

, which was sometimes referred to as Nucenum Minus ("Noisy the Small").

Heraldry

Demographics

As a lot of other Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis
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 towns, the commune is a very cosmopolitan city, home of many communities, with a lot of his locals coming from various continents and countries. It has a large African population, mostly from Sub-Saharan
Sub-Saharan Africa
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 countries (Senegal
Senegal
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, Mali
Mali
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, Ivory Coast and many others) and East Asian countries, such as China
China
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, Vietnam
Vietnam
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 and Cambodia
Cambodia
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. The city also includes significant, but less numerous, communities from Portugal
Portugal
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 and North African countries like Morocco
Morocco
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 and Algeria
Algeria
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. Recently, the department, and the Parisian suburbs in general, has seen a new wave of immigration coming from Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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. Noisy-le-Grand now has communities from former Eastern Bloc
Eastern bloc
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 countries like Romania
Romania
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, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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 and Russia
Russia
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Administration

The canton of Noisy-le-Grand comprises two communes: Noisy-le-Grand and Gournay-sur-Marne
Gournay-sur-Marne
Gournay-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It is located from the center of Paris.-Heraldry:-Transport:...

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Economy

Previously Star Airlines (now XL Airways France
XL Airways France
XL Airways France is a French airline with its head offices on the grounds of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France. It operates scheduled flights mainly to long-haul destinations in Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean as well as charter flights to medium-haul destinations...

) had its headquarters in the Immeuble Horizon building in the commune, in the Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée is a new town located near Paris, France.Disneyland Paris, Val d'Europe,Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée,and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.-Status:...

 development. Cédric Pastrour, the founder of the airline, said that the company chose the Noisy site because the airline did not yet know which airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport or Orly Airport
Orly Airport
Paris-Orly Airport is an airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris, France. It has flights to cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Southeast Asia. Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly was...

, would serve as the airline's base, and that the Noisy site was equidistant to both airports. Pastour added that the Noisy site had access to the A4
A4 autoroute
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 and the A86
A86 autoroute
A86 is the second ring road around Paris. A86 follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre varying from...

 autoroutes and was close to the Francilienne
Francilienne
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, and that the costs in the Noisy area were lower than the costs in the airport area.

Transport

Noisy-le-Grand is served by two stations on Paris RER line A
RER A
The RER A is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the western terminuses Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Cergy Le Haut , and Poissy to the eastern terminuses Boissy-Saint-Léger and Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy .* First inauguration: 12 December 1969*...

: Noisy-le-Grand – Mont d'Est and Noisy – Champs.

Noisy-le-Grand is also served by Les Yvris – Noisy-le-Grand station on Paris RER line E
RER E
The RER E is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France. The line runs from the western terminus Haussmann St-Lazare to the eastern terminuses Chelles-Gournay and Tournan...

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