Villiers-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [vilje syʁ maʁn] , literally Villiers sur Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.8 km (9.2 mi) from the center of Paris.
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.
Population
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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.[5]
- Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon[6]
- Elementary schools: Albert Camus, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne, Jules Ferry, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon[7]
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais.[8]
Twin towns – sister cities
Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with:[9]
- Entroncamento, Portugal
- Friedberg, 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.[10]
Notable people
- Mossi Traoré, fashion designer
- Vanessa Paradis, singer
- 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
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villiers-sur-Marne, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les écoles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Maternelles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Ecoles elementaires." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Les collèges." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Le jumelage". villiers94.fr (in French). Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ Article dated 2 December 2011 France 24: 'English town cuts links with French and German twins', accessed 8 December 2011
External links
- Official website (in French)
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