Val-de-Marne department

Val-de-Marne
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

Communes and arrondissements in the Val-de-Marne department

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

Commons : Département Val-de-Marne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Val-de-Marne department (French)
• Prefecture of the Val-de-Marne (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ valdemarne.fr, accessed on May 3, 2015.

Départemental division of Île-de-France before and after 1968

Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E