La Courneuve (93)
Parc départemental Georges-Valbon
55 Avenue Waldeck Rochet
93120 La Courneuve
GPS coordinates :
48.940335, 2.406718
Shaping Georges Valbon Park, from plain to belvedere
Types of layout
Landscaped urban park
Issues :
Green in the city
Sport in the city
Status:
Landscaping completed
Project presentation
The park covers 400 hectares. It has been created from scratch and shaped entirely artificially. In the 1970s, landscape architects Allain Provost, John Whalley and Gilbert Samel, commissioned by the Seine-Saint-Denis département, developed the park by creating belvederes, valleys, hills and an impressive succession of lakes.
The park has now been awarded the Natura 2000 label. It is characterized by the diversity of its environments: woodlands, lawns, wild meadows, flower gardens and lakes.
ECT’s “ancestor” managed a large part of the earthworks, as well as the creation of the park’s distinctive contours.
Key figures
ème
Ile-de-France park
hectares
of park area
Project life
Parc départemental George Valbon, guided tour with Park Director Benoit Pinsseau
Benoit Pinsseau presents this large park in northern Seine-Saint-Denis. It details the thinking behind “harmonious management” of natural areas. And how part of the greening of the site was achieved with the use of fertile substrate as a growing medium.
Discover the Parc Départemental de La Courneuve
A little-known jewel among the parks of Ile-de-France, discover Gil Fornet’s photographic tour.
