Le Bourget is the commune of Seine department St. Denis that is located in Bobigny district. This place is approximately 10.6 kilometers away from Paris, or it’s better to say that Le Bourget is located in the north-eastern suburb of Paris. The square of the commune is 2.08 sq. km. and the population of this settlement estimates 12 110 people (the data for 1999).
The internationally famous airport Le Bourget has been named to honor this commune. Today this is the location of one of the largest museums devoted to cosmonautics and aviation in the world. The collection of the museum contains approximately 20 thousands of exhibits including over 180 flying machines that picture the development of aviation and its history. Here you can find information about the history of flights in the chronological order, starting from the myth about the Daedalus and Icarus, and the description of works of Leonardo da Vinci, to first devices that have actually helped people to fly high to heaven (balloons, dirigibles, gliders).
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