Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne Marne |
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Prefecture building of the Val-de-Marne department, in Créteil
Prefecture building of the Val-de-Marne department, in Créteil
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Location of Val-de-Marne in France Location of Val-de-Marne in France |
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Country | France | |
Region | Île-de-France | |
Prefecture | Créteil | |
Subprefectures | L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne |
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Government | ||
• President of the General Council | Christian Favier (PCF) | |
Area1 | ||
• Total | 245 km2 (95 sq mi) | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Total | 1,333,702 | |
• Rank | 11th | |
• Density | 5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Department number | 94 | |
Arrondissements | 3 | |
Cantons | 25 | |
Communes | 47 | |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Val-de-Marne (French pronunciation: [val.də.maʁn]) is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris.
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Geography
Val-de-Marne is, together with Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine, one of three small departments in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the Petite Couronne (i.e. "inner ring"). Since January 1st 2016 Val de Marne is included in Métropole du Grand Paris
Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:
History
Val-de-Marne was created in January 1968, through the implementation of a law passed in July 1964. Positioned to the south-east of the Paris ring road (and the line of the old city walls), it was formed from the southern-eastern part of the (previously much larger) Seine department, together with a small portion taken from the broken-up department of Seine-et-Oise.
Demographics
Place of birth of residents
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Tourism
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Vincennes - Chateau 02.jpg
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An oddity from the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
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Paris Zoological Park (formerly Vincennes Zoo)
See also
External links
- (French) Prefecture
- (French) General Council
- (French) Citizen Blog