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17 unusual facts about Courbevoie


Anzani

Demand for the engines continued to grow and the original Paris workshop was replaced by a new factory at Courbevoie, Paris, and one in London was also added as well as licensed production by other makers.

Berliet T100

The trucks were designed and built in secret, and with a tight deadline; the first was finished after nine months, at the factory in Courbevoie.

Bloch MB.170

A design team at the former Bloch factory at Courbevoie (which had recently become part of the nationalised SNCASO), led by Henri Deplante, proposed the MB.170, a twin-engined, low-winged cantilever monoplane.

Cameca

Also in the early 1950s settles the company in the factory of Courbevoie, boulevard Saint-Denis where it will remain more than fifty years.

Colomba Fofana

Colomba Fofana (born 11 April 1977 in Courbevoie) is a French triple jumper.

Darmont

When peace broke out he set up an auto-making business in partnership with his brother André, operating from a workshop at Courbevoie in the western part of Paris.

Delage D8

In April 1935 the manufacturer’s financial difficulties culminated in the closure of Delage plant at Courbevoie, as a result of which the D8-85 and Delage D8-105 were taken out of production.

E.H.P.

The Établissements Henry Precloux commenced building light cars in Courbevoie (Paris) in 1921.

Edmond Tarbé des Sablons

Tarbé obtained by decree of 13 June 1889 the concession for a tram line between Saint-Germain and Marly-le-Roi, and between Rueil and Courbevoie, where it was connected with the tram from there to the Place de l'Etoile.

Matford

In 1934, Mathis had financial problems while Ford wanted to increase production and the Mathis plant in Strasbourg seemed to be more suitable than the one in Courbevoie where Tracford had been produced.

Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc (born 16 April 1952 in Courbevoie, France) is an actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs.

Michel Delpech

Jean-Michel Delpech (born in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine, France) on 26 January 1946) , known as Michel Delpech, is a French singer-songwriter.

Saint-Gobain

The company has its head office in Les Miroirs in La Défense and in Courbevoie.

Sizaire Frères

The company was located at Courbevoie on the north side of Paris, but relocated in 1927 to nearby Levallois-Perret following the death of Paul Dupuy, who till then had participated in the running of the business.

Sizaire-Berwick

As established, the company manufactured luxury-sized cars at Courbevoie on the north side of Paris.

The pre-cars were produced at the brothers’ homebase in Courbevoie, on the northern edge of Paris, but 80% of the production was shipped to England where they received their bodies, mostly fitted by Berwick’s own coachbuilder located at Highgate on the north side of London.

Tour Generali

Tour Generali (English: Generali Tower) was a skyscraper planned for construction in the business quarter of La Défense in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine, France).


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Tracfort

Assembly took place at a manufacturing workshop, at Rue de Normandie 71 in Gennevilliers, ten minutes down down the road from Courbevoie.