Villiers-sur-Marne
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val-de-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne | |
| Canton | Villiers-sur-Marne (main town) | |
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Métropole du Grand Paris and Paris Est Marne et Bois |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ' N , 2 ° 33' E | |
| height | 66-103 m | |
| surface | 4.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 28,456 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6,572 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 94350 | |
| INSEE code | 94079 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-villiers94.com/ | |
 James and Christopher church in Villiers-sur-Marne |
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Villiers-sur-Marne is a French commune with 28,456 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Val-de-Marne in the region Ile-de-France ; it is located in the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne and is the administrative seat ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Villiers-sur-Marne . Villiers-sur-Marne belongs to the Ville nouvelle Marne-la-Vallée . The inhabitants are called Villiérains .
geography
Villiers-sur-Marne is located in the Paris basin between Noisy-le-Grand in the north and east, Le Plessis-Trévise in the south-east, Champigny-sur-Marne in the south-west and Bry-sur-Marne in the north-west. Despite the name, the place is not on the Marne , but about one and a half kilometers away. It is the easternmost municipality in the so-called ville nouvelle Marne-la-Vallée and is in the 1st sector ( Porte de Paris ) of this.
Population development
- 1793: 600
- 1821: 704
- 1851: 719
- 1881: 1,287
- 1911: 3.011
- 1936: 7,020
- 1946: 7.172
- 1962: 13.068
- 1968: 15.789
- 1975: 22.293
- 1982: 22.022
- 1990: 25,248
- 1999: 28.191
- 2006: 30,632
- 2010: 27,338
- 2011: 27,222
- 2014: 28,278
from 1962 only residents with primary residence
traffic
Autoroute A4 (junction 8) runs along the northern edge of the municipality . Villiers-sur-Marne - Le Plessis Trévise train station is on the RER E and on the Paris – Mulhouse line .
Personalities
- Vanessa Paradis (* 1972), singer, grew up here
- Gabriel Neigre (1774–1847), General
- Octave Lapize (1887–1917), racing cyclist, winner of the Tour de France 1910
- Louis de Funès (1914–1983), actor, grew up here
- Claude Perraudin (1948–2001), guitarist and composer
- Philippe Meyer (* 1950), athlete
- Fabien Onteniente (* 1958), director
- Éric Averlant (* 1962), comedian
Town twinning
- Entroncamento , Portugal
- Friedberg , Hessen, Germany
- Bishop's Stortford , Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (ended 2012 on the initiative of Bishop's Stortfort)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-de-Marne . 2nd Edition. Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1994, ISBN 2-908958-94-5 .
