4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A LA COURNEUVE SHOOTING RANGE P LOCATION The Paris 2024 shooting events will OLYMPIC GAMES PARALYMPIC 6 KM from the Olympic and Paralympic take place at the Terrain des Essences GAMES Village, La Courneuve (93) in La Courneuve in the Seine Saint-Denis department. SHOOTING PARA SHOOTING GETTING THERE Spanning 13 ha, the Terrain des Essences – a former 15 events: 6 / 6 / 3 • Bus fuel storage site owned by the French Ministry of 10 m Air Rifle Information to be determined • RER line B the Armed Forces that is now abandoned – needs / to be cleaned up, redeveloped and regenerated by 50 m Rifle 3 Positions / NEARBY GAMES VENUES 2024. The 15 Olympic shooting events, as well as 10 m Air Pistol / • Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue the Paralympic shooting events (number of events 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol • Porte de la Chapelle Arena to be determined) will take place in temporary • Media Village facilities, namely two indoor competition halls and 25 m Pistol • Stade de France one outdoor facility. After the Games, the Terrain des Trap / • Aquatics Centre Essences will become a natural area connected to Skeet / the 417 ha Georges Valbon departmental park (which CAPACITY includes a 310 ha Natura 2000 site), with an entrance 10 m Air Rifle Mixed Team on avenue Waldeck Rochet, near the Dugny-La 10 m Air Pistol Mixed Team 6,875 Courneuve stop on tramline T11. Extending the park Skeet Mixed Team and creating new landscaped areas in La Courneuve – a strong environmental legacy of the Paris 2024 POST-2024 LEGACY Olympic and Paralympic Games – provides a The Terrain des Essences, a former fuel storage T unique opportunity to bring together habitats and area, now abandoned, will be cleaned up and E biodiversity while ensuring existing natural habitats E regenerated for the Games. After the Games, H continue to thrive. A S the 13 ha site will be connected to the Georges T A Valbon departmental park, the third largest in S : D the Greater Paris region. E U N E C V I P M Y L A R A D P N C A I P M Y L O women men mixed 64
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