Torcy, Seine-et-Marne
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Torcy
|commune status = Subprefecture and commune
|image = Torcy - Town Hall - 1.jpg
|caption = The town hall in Torcy
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Torcy (Seine-et-Marne).svg
|map size = 270px
|adjustable map = Torcy_map.png
|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8502|2.6508|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 77468
|postal code = 77200
|arrondissement = Torcy
|canton = Torcy
|mayor = Guillaume Le Lay-Felzine{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
|elevation min m = 37
|elevation max m = 106
|area km2 = 6.00
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Torcy ({{IPA|fr|tɔʁsi}}) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, north-central France. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, {{convert|21.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the center of Paris.
Torcy is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arrondissement. The commune of Torcy is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
Transport
Torcy is served by Torcy station on Paris RER line A.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Torcy are called Torcéens.
The suburbanization and affluence of the Vietnamese population in France has resulted in a demographic shift in Torcy since the 1980s. Vietnamese businesses and community organizations have been established in Torcy, and the commune, along with nearby Ivry-sur-Seine, contains one of the highest concentrations of Vietnamese people in France at 10% to 20% of the population.[http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne/la-communaute-asiatique-met-le-cap-a-l-est-27-01-2001-2001917516.php La communauté asiatique met le cap à l'est] Le Parisien, 16 November 2011 (in French) As of 1998, about 5-6% of the city's population is made up of East Asians.Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas. Hong Kong University Press, 1 January 1998. {{ISBN|9622094465}}, 9789622094468. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=B-IZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA198 198].
{{Historical populations
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| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|37753|Torcy}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-77468#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |725
|1800 |703
|1806 |701
|1821 |758
|1831 |695
|1836 |703
|1841 |692
|1846 |715
|1851 |727
|1856 |812
|1861 |796
|1866 |863
|1872 |865
|1876 |979
|1881 |1171
|1886 |1220
|1891 |1416
|1896 |1405
|1901 |1499
|1906 |1726
|1911 |1795
|1921 |1901
|1926 |1971
|1931 |1993
|1936 |1883
|1946 |1857
|1954 |2212
|1962 |3221
|1968 |3401
|1975 |4800
|1982 |12279
|1990 |18681
|1999 |21595
|2007 |22117
|2012 |23471
|2017 |22568
}}
Education
There are ten public primary school groups (preschool and elementary) in Torcy, along with three junior high schools and one senior high school."[http://www.ville-torcy.fr/vie-quotidienne/vie-scolaire/etablissements-scolaires/ Établissements scolaires]." Torcy, Seine-et-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. - Click the tabs to switch from primary schools to "collèges" (junior high schools) and "lycées" (senior high schools).
Junior high schools:
- Collège de l'Arche-Guédon
- Collège Louis-Aragon
- Collège Victor-Schoelcher
Senior high school
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Torcy (Seine-et-Marne)|Torcy, Seine-et-Marne}}
- [http://www.ville-torcy.fr Official site] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122108/http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos77468.html 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)] {{in lang|en}}
- {{Search Mérimée|77468}}
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{{Paris Metropolitan Area}}
{{Seine-et-Marne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Seine-et-Marne
Category:Subprefectures in France
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