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 (2021)
[2] | 30,669 |
• Density | 7,100/km2 (18,000/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.
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.
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Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2017) [4] |
Villiers-sur-Marne is served by Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise station on Paris RER line E.
There are seven preschools and seven elementary schools. [5]
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais. [8]
Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with: [9]
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. [10]