Noisy-le-Grand

Noisy-le-Grand or simply Noisy is a commune in the eastern outer suburbs of Paris, France.
It is located from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the Marne in Seine-Saint-Denis on the departmental border with both Val-de-Marne and Seine-et-Marne. 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.
Some of the postmodern architecture in the commune has been used as a shooting location in movies including Brazil and The [Hunger Games |The Hunger Games].

Name

The name Noisy comes from Medieval Latin nucetum, meaning "walnut grove", after the walnut trees covering the territory of Noisy-le-Grand in ancient times.
The epithet "le-Grand", meaning "the Great", was added in the Middle Ages, probably to distinguish Noisy-le-Grand from the smaller settlement of Noisy-le-Sec, which was sometimes referred to as Nucenum Minus.

Demographics

Like many other Seine-Saint-Denis cities, the commune is very cosmopolitan, home of many communities, with many of its locals coming from various continents and countries. It has a large African population, mostly from sub-Saharan countries and East Asian countries, such as China, Vietnam and Cambodia. The city also includes significant, but less numerous, communities from Portugal and North African countries like Morocco and Algeria. Recently, the department, and the Parisian suburbs in general, has seen a new wave of immigration coming from Eastern Europe. Noisy-le-Grand now has communities from former Eastern Bloc countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Russia.
As of 1998 there were 2,700 East Asians in Noisy le Grand, making up about 5-6% of the city; many of them lived in the same complexes occupied by Africans and other foreigners, and Asians were widely distributed around the commune.

Administration

The canton of Noisy-le-Grand comprises two communes: Noisy-le-Grand and Gournay-sur-Marne. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1865.

Economy

Previously Star Airlines had its headquarters in the Immeuble Horizon building in the commune. 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, 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 and the A86 autoroutes and was close to the Francilienne, and that the costs in the Noisy area were lower than the costs in the airport area.