La Grande Borne Explained

La Grande Borne is a housing estate, in the Essonne département on the southern outskirts of Paris, France. The estate is located in both the communes of Grigny and Viry-Châtillon. The architect Émile Aillaud designed this housing estate.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notable residents

• Amedy Coulibaly, Islamist main suspect for the Montrouge shooting, and hostage-taker and gunman in the Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis
• Patrice Quarteron, born in 1979,a French super heavyweight kickboxer, has lived in this neighbourhood. He is two time French and European Muay Thai champion and current IKF Muay Thai Super Heavyweight World champion

External links

48.6525°N 2.3756°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Grande Borne : une cité exemplaire ?. Banque des savoirs du Conseil général de. l'Essonne. essonne.fr. 10 February 2017.
2. Web site: Grigny, cité de la Grande-Borne : de l'utopie au cauchemar. Luc. Bronner. 25 April 2008. 10 February 2017. Le Monde.
3. Web site: Charlie Hebdo attackers: born, raised and radicalised in Paris. Angelique. Chrisafis. 12 January 2015. 10 February 2017. The Guardian.