Val-de-Marne
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 and in the Grand Paris.
Val-de-Marne Marne | |
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Prefecture building of the Val-de-Marne department, in Créteil | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Val-de-Marne in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′N 2°25′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) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 245 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,378,151 |
| • Rank | 11th |
| • Density | 5,600/km2 (15,000/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 | |
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
Population development since 1881:
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1881 | 161,607 | — |
| 1891 | 213,706 | +2.83% |
| 1901 | 288,879 | +3.06% |
| 1911 | 386,073 | +2.94% |
| 1921 | 462,200 | +1.82% |
| 1931 | 657,322 | +3.58% |
| 1936 | 685,295 | +0.84% |
| 1946 | 672,024 | −0.20% |
| 1954 | 767,729 | +1.68% |
| 1962 | 974,962 | +3.03% |
| 1968 | 1,121,319 | +2.36% |
| 1975 | 1,215,713 | +1.16% |
| 1982 | 1,193,655 | −0.26% |
| 1990 | 1,215,538 | +0.23% |
| 1999 | 1,227,250 | +0.11% |
| 2006 | 1,298,340 | +0.81% |
| 2011 | 1,333,702 | +0.54% |
| 2016 | 1,378,151 | +0.66% |
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Place of birth of residents
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Politics
Current National Assembly Representatives
Tourism
References
External links
- (in French) Prefecture
- (in French) Departemental Council
- (in French) Citizen Blog