Attractions
Roissy’s biggest attraction is probably the Charles de Gaulle airport. Spanning over six towns the airport is truly something. Other attractions include the exhibited Concorde near the town’s cultural center and the contemporary sculptures scattered around the town.
Roissy-Charles de Gaulle
The airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, with a total area of 3 500 hectares including 800 on the town is actually built on the territory of six towns. Scheduled to accommodate thirty-five million passengers per year in the medium term (by far exceeded expectations with more than fifty-five million passengers in 2006), it was initiated in 1965. The first terminal was inaugurated in 1974 and the second in 1982.
L’Orangerie
The cultural centre of the town, called L’Orangerie and inaugurated in October 1996, includes the library (an area of 110 square metres), the school of music (a dozen rooms) the dance school (two studios) and a performance hall, a vast area of 416 modular seats with movable bleachers. An exhibition gallery on the mezzanine also presents artistic creations. The access to the cultural centre is adapted for the disabled.
The memories of Concorde
In the immediate vicinity of L’Orangerie, there is a Concorde supersonic plane exposed, offered to the town by the airline Air
The church of Saint-Eloi
The 16th century church is dedicated to the Bishop of Noyon and advisor of King Dagobert, who died in 659. It replaces an earlier building probably 12th century, itself built on the site of an earlier Merovingian or Carolingian sanctuary, as evidenced by the discovery brought to light foundations of what was probably then a chapel of the castle.
The contemporary sculptures
The sculptures were placed at several points in the village in 1997, near the city hall annex and close to the cultural centre. Examples of such sculptures include the “Metalithe” - inspired by the Concorde, “Connection” - sculpture in stone and granite, and "Le Temps" - collective work set in front of the town hall annex.