stage magician Louis de Funès (1914–1983), actor and comedian Henri Betti (1917–2005), composer Madeleine Kamman (1930–2018), cook, culinary teacher, and author Jean-Pierre Worms (1934–2019), representative to the French Parliament Michel Delpech (1946–2016), singer-songwriter Michel Blanc (b. 1952), actor Franck Tchiloemba (b.1973), basketball player Colomba Fofana (b. 1977), athlete Lamine Kanté (b. 1987), basketball player Massiré Kanté (b. 1989), footballer Axel Augis (b. 1990), gymnast William Rémy (b. 1991), footballer Yoann Wachter (b. 1992), footballer Marie-Bernadette Mbuyamba (b. 1993), basketball player International relations Courbevoie is twinned with: Enfield Town (London), United Kingdom Freudenstadt (Baden-Württemberg), Germany Beit Mery (Mount Lebanon), Lebanon Mayors of Courbevoie Antoine Le Frique (1800–1818) Joseph Derbanne (October, 1818 – February, 1826) Nicolas Rousselot (February 1826 – April 1830) Jean-Baptiste Chevalier (April 1830 – August 1830) Constant Grebaut (August 1830 – September 1840) Désiré Maurenq (September 1840 – 1845) Constant Grebaut (1845 – 26 August 1865) Charles Blondel (26 August 1865 – 7 February 1872) Jean-François Durenne (7 February 1872 – November 1873) Jean-Baptiste Weiss (November 1873 – 20 February 1874) Auguste Colas (20 February 1874 – 12 February 1878) Frédéric Bourgin (12 February 1878 – October 1878) Auguste Bailly (October 1878 – 19 May 1888) Antoine Rolland (19 May 1888 – 15 May 1892) Jules Lefevre (15 May 1892 – 27 January 1894) François le Chippey (27 January 1894 – May 1896) Léon Boursier (May 1896 – May 1908) Charles Mering (May 1908 – December 1919) Augustin Loiseau (December 1919 – October 1920) Joseph Victor (October 1920 – May 1925) Pierre Fouquart (May 1925 – September 1927) André Grisoni (September 1927 – July 1944) Gabriel Roche (September 1944 – 26 October 1947) Marius Guerre (26 October 1947 – 20 December 1954) Gabriel Roche (26 January 1955 – 15 March 1959) Charles Deprez (26 March 1959 – 18 June 1995) Jacques Kossowski (since 25 June 1995) Demographics Population Immigration Economy Total S.A. has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense and in Courbevoie. Areva has its head office in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie. Saint-Gobain also has its head office in Courbevoie. The headquarters of INPI, the French government office for patents, copyrights, and trademarks, is in Courbevoie. Gallery See also La Défense business district. List of tallest structures in Paris Phare Tower, a 300-meter skyscraper now under construction Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department References External links Courbevoie official website Courbevoie Community portal blog about Courbevoie