Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne Marne | |
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Department | |
Prefecture building of the Val-de-Marne department, in Créteil | |
Location of Val-de-Marne in France | |
Coordinates: 48°45′N 2°25′E / 48.750°N 2.417°ECoordinates: 48°45′N 2°25′E / 48.750°N 2.417°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Prefecture | Créteil |
Subprefectures |
L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne |
Government | |
• President of the General Council | Christian Favier (PCF) |
Area1 | |
• Total | 245 km2 (95 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 1,354,005 |
• Rank | 11th |
• Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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.
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 1, 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
- An oddity from the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
- Paris Zoological Park (formerly Vincennes Zoo)
See also
External links
- (in French) Prefecture
- (in French) General Council
- (in French) Citizen Blog