Gonesse

Gonesse is a town in the Val d'Oise d?partement, north of Paris.

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It is located immediately north of Le Bourget airport and southwest of Charles De Gaulle International Airport.

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Inhabitants: 24,701 (1999)

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King Philip II of France was born here on 21 August 1165.

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On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic airliner crashed in Gonesse.

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