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Villacoublay Air Base

French Air Force base near Velizy-Villacoublay in Yvelines, France
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Summary

Villacoublay Air Base is an air base[1]. It draws 643 Wikipedia views per month (air base category, ranking #166 of 917).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Essonne[3], Yvelines[4], Vélizy-Villacoublay[5], Jouy-en-Josas[6], Bièvres[7]
  • Country: France[8]
  • Instance of: aerodrome[9]
  • Operator: French Air Force[10]
  • IATA airport code: VIY[11]
  • ICAO airport code: LFPV[12]
  • Commons category: Base aérienne 107 Villacoublay[13]
  • Inception: 1936[14]
  • Replaces: Aérodrome de Vélizy-Villacoublay[15]
  • Date of official opening: August 1936[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 584 feet[17]
  • Adjacent structure or building: Centre d’Essais du Matériel Aérien[18]

Why It Matters

Villacoublay Air Base has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . jouy-en-josas.fr. Retrieved . jouy-en-josas.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . jouy-en-josas.fr. Retrieved . jouy-en-josas.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . jouy-en-josas.fr. Retrieved . jouy-en-josas.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . jouy-en-josas.fr. Retrieved . jouy-en-josas.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . jouy-en-josas.fr. Retrieved . jouy-en-josas.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · 2pattywhack27 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → BA 107 Villacoublay.jpg
    Sitelink count → 11
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Essonne, Yvelines, Vélizy-Villacoublay +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ja', 'ms', 'tg', 'uk']
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: BA 107 Villacoublay.jpg"
  2. 18w ago · WhisperToMe · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Country → France
    Operator → —
    Adjacent structure or building → Centre d’Essais du Matériel Aérien
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yvelines"
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