Champs-sur-Marne
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Champs-sur-Marne
|commune status = Commune
|image = Champs-sur-Marne château sud.jpg
|caption = Château de Champs-sur-Marne
|map size = 270px
|adjustable map = Champs-sur-Marne_map.png
|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8529|2.6027|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 77083
|postal code = 77420
|image coat of arms = Blason ville Fr Champs sur Marne (77).svg
|image coat of arms size = 80px
|arrondissement = Torcy
|canton = Champs-sur-Marne
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
|elevation min m = 38
|elevation max m = 106
|area km2 = 7.35
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Champs-sur-Marne ({{IPA|fr|ʃɑ̃ syʁ maʁn|-|Fr-Paris--Champs-sur-Marne.ogg}}) is a commune in the eastern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located {{convert|18.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the Marne, in the Seine-et-Marne department (on the departmental border with Seine-Saint-Denis) in the Île-de-France region.
The commune of Champs-sur-Marne, famous for its château, is part of the Val Maubuée area, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
History
Originally called simply Champs, the name of the commune became officially Champs-sur-Marne (meaning "Fields upon Marne") on 9 April 1962.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000017711 Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
Demographics
The inhabitants are often referred to as Campésiens. The term Champesois is also in use.
{{Historical populations
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| cols = 2
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|8004|Champs-sur-Marne}} and INSEE (1968–2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-77083#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |333
|1800 |303
|1806 |315
|1821 |330
|1831 |455
|1836 |522
|1841 |443
|1846 |493
|1851 |445
|1856 |494
|1861 |580
|1866 |700
|1872 |710
|1876 |813
|1881 |929
|1886 |1106
|1891 |1356
|1896 |1558
|1901 |1633
|1906 |1786
|1911 |1797
|1921 |1580
|1926 |1674
|1931 |2162
|1936 |2622
|1946 |2310
|1954 |2918
|1962 |3793
|1968 |4446
|1975 |5095
|1982 |16739
|1990 |21611
|1999 |24553
|2009 |24271
|2014 |25096
|2020 |25230
}}
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Champs-sur-Marne is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Bienvenue à Champs-sur-Marne|url=http://ville-champssurmarne.fr/index.php/ma-ville/la-ville/bienvenue-a-champs|publisher=Champs-sur-Marne|language=fr|access-date=2022-04-06}}
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Stoke, England, United Kingdom
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Quart de Poblet, Spain
Transport
Champs-sur-Marne is served by Noisy – Champs station on Paris RER line {{rint|paris|r|A}}.
Education
File:Collège Armand Lanoux, Champs-sur-Marne, France.jpg
{{Asof|2016}} the commune has ten preschools with 1,138 students combined,"[http://www.ville-champssurmarne.fr/vivre/maternelle.asp Maternelle]." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. and ten elementary schools with 1,729 students combined."[http://www.ville-champssurmarne.fr/vivre/elementaire.asp L'école élémentaire]." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
The commune has three junior high schools, Armand Lanoux, Jean Weiner, and Pablo Picasso; and there is an additional junior high school in a surrounding commune, Le Luzard in Noisiel. There are 1,799 junior high school students combined."[http://www.ville-champssurmarne.fr/vivre/college.asp Le collège]." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. The commune has one senior high school, Lycée René Descartes."[http://www.ville-champssurmarne.fr/vivre/lycee.asp Le lycée]." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- Lycée Gérard de Nerval (Noisiel)
- Lycée technique René Cassin (Noisiel)
- Lycée Jean Moulin (Torcy)
There are also vocational high schools in Chelles, Thorigny, and Torcy.
Tertiary education:
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Champs-sur-Marne}}
- [http://www.ville-champssurmarne.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929160358/http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos77083.html 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)] {{in lang|en}}
- {{Search Mérimée|77083}}
{{Marne-la-Vallée}}
{{Paris Metropolitan Area}}
{{Seine-et-Marne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Seine-et-Marne
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