Champs-sur-Marne
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
Arrondissement | Torcy | |
Canton | Champs-sur-Marne | |
Community association | Paris-Vallée de la Marne | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 51 ′ N , 2 ° 36 ′ E | |
height | 38-106 m | |
surface | 7.35 km 2 | |
Residents | 25,041 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 3,407 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 77420 | |
INSEE code | 77083 | |
Website | www.ville-champssurmarne.fr | |
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Champs-sur-Marne is a French commune with 25,041 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Torcy and the canton of Champs-sur-Marne . In addition, Champs-sur-Marne is part of the Ville nouvelle Marne-la-Vallée . The inhabitants are called Champésiens .
location
Champs-sur-Marne is 20 kilometers east of Paris . The most important neighboring towns are Noisiel , Lognes , Gournay-sur-Marne and Chelles .
history
Traces of settlement from the Neolithic era have been found in the Champs-sur-Marne area .
In the 7th century the building of a church in Campus is handed down. The place belonged for a long time to the Seigneurie Gournay-sur-Marne .
Population development
With the development of new building areas, the number of inhabitants increased sharply from the 1970s.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
Residents | 3,793 | 4,446 | 5,095 | 16,739 | 21,611 | 24,553 | 24,333 | 25,041 |
In the next few years, the population of Champs-sur-Marne will continue to increase sharply, as the municipality is part of the new development area Val Maubuée in the 2nd sector of the Ville nouvelle Marne-la-Vallée .
education
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Champs-sur-Marne
- Saint-Loup church, built in the 16th century
- Champs-sur-Marne Castle , built between 1703 and 1706
Town twinning
Personalities
- Frédéric Febvre (1833–1916), Comédie-Française actor
- Armand Lanoux (1913–1983), writer ( Prix Goncourt 1963)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 121-124.
Web links
- Population data and information about the municipality
- Champs-sur-Marne at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)