Our series “These historical events that marked Île-de-France”
In 1972, the first McDonald's in France opened in Créteil
In 1982, 44 children from Crépy-en-Valois died in the terrible accident in Beaune (
published on August 9
)
In 1962, in Essonne, the engineer Jean Bertin filed the patent for the Aérotrain (
publication on August 10
)
In 1922, Monet's "Water Lilies" became a national treasure (
published August 11
)
In 1962, General de Gaulle escaped the Petit-Clamart attack (
publication August 12
)
Insolent health.
With nearly 1,500 points of sale and approximately 2 million meals served each day in France (according to figures announced on the company's website), the American firm McDonald's remains firmly rooted in the eating habits of a large part of of the French, half a century after the first Big Macs ingested in our regions.
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