Villiers-sur-Marne

Villiers-sur-Marne (pronounced [vilje syʁ maʁn]) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.8 km (9.2 mi) from the center of Paris.

Villiers-sur-Marne
Commune
The Place Rémoiville
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Villiers-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne
Paris and inner ring departments
Villiers-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne (Île-de-France (region))
Coordinates: 48°49′39″N 2°32′41″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentVal-de-Marne
ArrondissementNogent-sur-Marne
CantonVilliers-sur-Marne
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jacques-Alain Bénisti
Area
1
4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
28,456
 • Density6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
94079 /94350
Elevation66–103 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.

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.

History

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.

Transport

Villiers-sur-Marne is served by Villiers-sur-Marne – Le Plessis-Trévise station on Paris RER line E.

Education

There are seven preschools and seven elementary schools.[2]

  • Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon[3]
  • Elementary schools: Albert Camus, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne, Jules Ferry, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon[4]

There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais.[5]

Twin towns

Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with Entroncamento in Portugal and Friedberg in Germany. 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.[6]

Notable residents
  • Vanessa Paradis, French singer, and ex-wife of Johnny Depp.
  • Hayat Boumeddiene, fugitive and suspected accomplice of her common law husband Amedy Coulibaly, the main suspect for the Montrouge shooting and the hostage-taker and gunman in the Porte de Vincennes siege, in which he killed four hostages.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Les écoles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  3. "Maternelles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  4. "Ecoles elementaires." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  5. "Les collèges." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  6. Article dated 2 December 2011 France 24: 'English town cuts links with French and German twins', accessed 8 December 2011


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