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Former flag of Taverny - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 19 March 2004
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The municipality of Taverny (1,048 ha; 26,092 inhabitants [1999 census], Tabernaciens) is located 20 km north-west of Paris.
The Gallo-Roman city of Taverny was located 10 lieues, that is 22 km,
from Lutetia (Paris), and was built on the site of on oppidum
(fortified camp) dated from the Age of Bronze and nicknamed Camp de
C´sar. The name of the city was probably derived from the Latin word
taberna, a public place where you paid for food and drink.
The first mention of the villa (estate) of Taverny dates back to 754.
King of the Franks Pépin le Bref (751-768) confirmed the rights of the
villa in a document part of the cartulaire (a compendium of official
acts) of Saint-Denis.
A later act, dated 1122, states that lord Bouchard de
Montmorency-Banthelu ceded his rights on the church
Notre-Dame-de-Moncelles in Taverny to the Saint Martin abbey in
Pontoise. In the12th-13th centuries, the village of Taverny was
grouped around its church and churchyard. The evolution of the land of
Taverny was complex, and it might have emerged from a larger domain
including the modern municipalities of Beauchmap, Bessancourt, Le
Plessis-Bouchard, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Taverny.
Taverny was until 2011 the site of Air Force base 921.
Gypsum quarries were dig in Taverny and Bessancourt in 1815. From 1941
to 1944, they were used by the Germans to store ammunition and to
assemble V1 and V2 rockets. In 1957, the CODA (Centre d'Opérations de la
Défense Aérienne) was set up by the French Air Force in Taverny. The
general staff of the CAFDA (Commandement Air des Forces de Défense
Aérienne) joined in 1961. Two years later, the CFAS (Commandement des
Forces Aériennes Stratégiques) and its operation center (COFAS) were
also relocated in Taverny.
The base had an area of 43.6 ha, the decision center being located
underground on an area of 15 ha, included in the ancient gypsum quarry.
The transmission center, one of the most advanced in the world, was
linked to the outside world by 15 kms of galleries and hired 1,400
specialists. The underground base had a complete autonomy of 10 days.
Information gathered by 10 radar stations was collected and analyzed in
Taverny. The control system was linked to equivalent systems in the
neighbouring countries and covered an area of 5,000,000 sq. km, that is 9
times the area of France.
In peace time, the missions of Air Defense are flight assistance to
civil and army aircrafts and search and rescue of lost or crashed aircrafts.
In war time, the headquarters of the Air Defense in Taverny were tasked to detect any airborne threat, alert and
organize the air defense.
The base of Taverny hosted the headquarters of the Nuclear Air Defense.
Ivan Sache, 19 March 2021
Former flag of Taverny - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 19 March 2004
The former flag of Taverny was white with the former municipal logo.
Wishing to set up a dynamic communication, Mayor and General Councillor
Maurice Boscavert (1989-2014) ordered a new municipal logotype as soon as elected,
in 1989.
To give a new image to Taverny is a way to show its today's reality. The tree reflects the natural and green environment of the town, its link to nature, and the dynamism of its ways of communication. The foliage is the place where culture and tradition interlace, thus
allowing solidarity and wellfare.
[Municipal website]
Arnaud Leroy, 19 March 2004
