Val-de-Marne is a
FrenchThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
department, named after the
Marne RiverThe Marne is a river in France, a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is long. The river gave its name to the départements of Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Val-de-Marne....
, located in the
Île-de-FranceÎle-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
regionFrance is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of
ParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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Geography
Val-de-Marne is, together with
Seine-Saint-Denis- Culture :A number of hip hop artists come from the Seine-Saint-Denis, including one of the first major hip-hop groups in France, NTM, as well as Lord Kossity, or more recent acts such as Tandem or Sefyu.- Miscellaneous topics :...
and
Hauts-de-SeineHauts-de-Seine is designated number 92 of the 101 départements in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris...
, one of three small departments in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the
Petite Couronne (i.e. "inner ring").
Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3
departmental arrondissementsThe 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts.The capital of an arrondissement/district is called a subprefecture...
and 47
communesThe commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
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Arrondissement of
L'Haÿ-les-RosesThe arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses is an arrondissement of France, located in the Val-de-Marne département, in the Île-de-France région...
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Arrondissement of
CréteilThe arrondissement of Créteil is an arrondissement of France, located in the Val-de-Marne département, in the Île-de-France région. It has 25 cantons and 23 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Créteil are:# Alfortville-Nord...
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Arrondissement of
Nogent-sur-MarneThe arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne is an arrondissement of France, located in the Val-de-Marne département, in the Île-de-France région...
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- Fresnes
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- Rungis
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- Thiais
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- Chevilly-Larue
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- L'Haÿ-les-Roses
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- Villejuif
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- Cachan
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- Arcueil
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- Gentilly
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- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
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- Ivry-sur-Seine
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- Charenton-le-Pont
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- Saint-Maurice
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- Maisons-Alfort
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- Alfortville
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- Vitry-sur-Seine
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- Choisy-le-Roi
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- Orly
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- Villeneuve-le-Roi
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- Ablon-sur-Seine
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- Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
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- Valenton
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- Créteil
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- Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
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- Bonneuil-sur-Marne
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- Sucy-en-Brie
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- Boissy-Saint-Léger
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- Limeil-Brévannes
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- Villecresnes
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- Mandres-les-Roses
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- Périgny
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- Santeny
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- Marolles-en-Brie
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- La Queue-en-Brie
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- Noiseau
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- Ormesson-sur-Marne
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- Chennevières-sur-Marne
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- Le Plessis-Trévise
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- Villiers-sur-Marne
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- Champigny-sur-Marne
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- Joinville-le-Pont
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- Nogent-sur-Marne
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- Le Perreux-sur-Marne
Le Perreux-sur-Marne is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:...
- Bry-sur-Marne
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- Fontenay-sous-Bois
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- Vincennes
Vincennes is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...
- Saint-Mandé
Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...
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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 wallsThe Thiers wall was the last of the defensive walls of Paris. It was an enclosure constructed between 1841 and 1844 under a law enacted by the government of the French prime minister, Adolphe Thiers. It covered , along the 'boulevards des Maréchaux' of today...
), 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-OiseSeine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. Its préfecture was Versailles and its official number was 78. Seine-et-Oise was abolished in 1968....
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Place of birth of residents
External links
Prefecture General Council Val-de-Marne Tourism Guide Citizen Blog