Villiers-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne | |
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The Place Rémoiville | |
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Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
Location of Villiers-sur-Marne | |
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| Coordinates: 48°49′39″N 2°32′41″E / 48.8275°N 2.5447°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Canton | Villiers-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques-Alain Bénisti[1] |
Area 1 | 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 33,162 |
| • Density | 7,660/km2 (19,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94079 /94350 |
| Elevation | 66–103 m (217–338 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villiers-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [vilje syʁ maʁn] ⓘ, literally Villiers sur Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.8 km (9.2 mi) from the center of Paris.
The commune of Villiers-sur-Marne is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
History
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1873.[3] On 7 July 1899, a part of the territory of Villiers-sur-Marne was detached and merged with a part of the territory of La Queue-en-Brie and a part of the territory of Chennevières-sur-Marne to create the commune of Le Plessis-Trévise.
Population
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Transport
Villiers-sur-Marne is served by Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise station on Paris RER line E.
Education
There are seven preschools and seven elementary schools.[6]
- Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon[7]
- Elementary schools: Albert Camus, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne, Jules Ferry, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon[8]
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais.[9]
Twin towns – sister cities
Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with:[10]
- Entroncamento, Portugal
- Friedberg, Germany
Until November 2011, it was also twinned with Bishop's Stortford in the United Kingdom, when the English town controversially cut its links with Villiers-sur-Marne, as well as Friedberg.[11]
Notable people
- Mossi Traoré, fashion designer
- Vanessa Paradis, singer
- Hayat Boumeddiene, fugitive and suspected accomplice of her partner Amedy Coulibaly, the main suspect for the Montrouge shooting and the hostage-taker and gunman in the Porte de Vincennes siege, in which he killed four hostages.
- Dominique Pelicot
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Base Mérimée: IA00028149, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villiers-sur-Marne, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les écoles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Maternelles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Ecoles elementaires." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Les collèges." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Le jumelage". villiers94.fr (in French). Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ Article dated 2 December 2011 France 24: 'English town cuts links with French and German twins', accessed 8 December 2011
External links
- Official website (in French)