Val-de-Marne department
Val-de-Marne | |
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region | Île-de-France |
prefecture | Créteil |
Sub-prefecture (s) |
L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne |
Residents | 1,387,926 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 5,664 inhabitants per km² |
surface | 245.04 km² |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Community associations | 4th |
Cantons | 25th |
Communities | 47 |
President of the Department Council |
Christian Favier |
ISO-3166-2 code | FR-94 |
Location of the department of Val-de-Marne in the region Ile-de-France |
The department Val-de-Marne [ valdəmaʀn ] ( German " Marne Valley " ) is the French department with the atomic number 94. It is in the Region Ile-de-France in the Paris region and mainly includes the suburbs in the south and southeast of the Capital. The department is named after the Marne River.
geography
The Val-de-Marne department borders Paris to the northwest, the Seine-Saint-Denis department to the north, the Seine-et-Marne department to the east, the Essonne department to the south and the Hauts-de department to the west -His .
Together with the departments of Hauts-de-Seine and Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne forms a ring around the city of Paris, which is called la petite couronne ("little crown").
history
The department was created in 1968 when the Seine and Seine-et-Oise departments were divided into smaller departments. The order number 94 therefore differs from the alphabetical order .
Cities
The most populous communes in the Val-de-Marne department are:
city | Population (2017) |
Arrondissement |
---|---|---|
Vitry-sur-Seine | 93,557 | Créteil |
Créteil | 90.605 | |
Champigny-sur-Marne | 77,630 | Nogent-sur-Marne |
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | 74,859 | Créteil |
Ivry-sur-Seine | 62,052 | |
Villejuif | 54,753 | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
Maisons-Alfort | 55,655 | Créteil |
Fontenay-sous-Bois | 52,939 | Nogent-sur-Marne |
Vincennes | 49,891 | |
Alfortville | 43,881 | Créteil |
Administrative division
The Val-de-Marne department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 25 cantons and 47 communes :
Arrondissement | Cantons | Communities | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Créteil | 6th | 16 | 314,322 | 99.76 | 3.151 | 941 |
L'Haÿ-les-Roses | 11 | 18th | 564,638 | 88.86 | 6.354 | 943 |
Nogent-sur-Marne | 9 | 13 | 508.966 | 56.42 | 9,021 | 942 |
Val-de-Marne department | 25th | 47 | 1,387,926 | 245.04 | 5,664 | 94 |
See also:
- List of communes in the Val-de-Marne department
- List of cantons in the Val-de-Marne department
- List of associations of municipalities in the Val-de-Marne department
Web links
- Val-de-Marne department (French)
- Prefecture of the Val-de-Marne (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ valdemarne.fr, accessed on May 3, 2015.
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ' N , 2 ° 27' E