Villiers-sur-Marne
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Villiers-sur-Marne
|commune status = Commune
|image = Place Rémoiville.jpg
|caption = The Place Rémoiville
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Villiers-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).svg
|map = Villiers-sur-Marne_map.svg
|map caption = Paris and inner ring departments
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8275|2.5447|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Nogent-sur-Marne
|canton = Villiers-sur-Marne
|INSEE = 94079
|postal code = 94350
|mayor = Jacques-Alain Bénisti{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Grand Paris
|elevation m =
|elevation min m = 66
|elevation max m = 103
|area km2 = 4.33
|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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Villiers-sur-Marne ({{IPA|fr|vilje syʁ maʁn|-|Fr-Paris--Villiers-sur-Marne.ogg}}, literally Villiers sur Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located {{convert|14.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|40645|Villiers-sur-Marne}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-94079#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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|1793 |600
|1800 |718
|1806 |671
|1821 |704
|1831 |744
|1836 |700
|1841 |721
|1846 |765
|1851 |719
|1856 |853
|1861 |824
|1866 |919
|1872 |990
|1876 |1109
|1881 |1287
|1886 |1493
|1891 |1750
|1896 |2055
|1901 |1935
|1906 |2552
|1911 |3011
|1921 |3827
|1926 |5613
|1931 |6145
|1936 |7020
|1946 |7172
|1954 |9205
|1962 |13068
|1968 |15789
|1975 |22293
|1982 |22022
|1990 |22740
|1999 |26632
|2007 |28158
|2012 |27737
|2017 |28456
}}
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."[http://www.mairie-villiers94.com/ecoles.html Les écoles]." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon"[http://www.mairie-villiers94.com/ecoles-maternelles.html Maternelles]." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- Elementary schools: Albert Camus, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne, Jules Ferry, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon"[http://www.mairie-villiers94.com/ecoles-elementaires.html Ecoles elementaires]." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais."[http://www.mairie-villiers94.com/jeunesse-colleges.html Les collèges]." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Le jumelage|url=https://www.villiers94.fr/ma-ville/decouvrir/le-jumelage/|website=villiers94.fr|publisher=Villiers-sur-Marne|language=fr|access-date=2021-04-10}}
- {{flagicon|POR}} Entroncamento, Portugal
- {{flagicon|GER}} 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.[http://www.france24.com/en/20111202-english-town-severs-links-with-its-french-german-twins-council Article dated 2 December 2011 France 24: 'English town cuts links with French and German twins', accessed 8 December 2011]
Notable people
- Mossi Traoré, fashion designer
- Vanessa Paradis, singer
- Hayat Boumeddiene, fugitive and suspected accomplice of her partner 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.
- Dominique Pelicot
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.mairie-villiers94.com/ Official website] (in French)
{{Marne-la-Vallée}}
{{Paris Metropolitan Area}}
{{Val-de-Marne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Val-de-Marne
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