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Country
  
France

Department
  
Val-de-Marne

INSEE/Postal code
  
94017 / 94500

Population
  
74,909 (2007)

Arrondissement
  
Nogent-sur-Marne

Region
  
Île-de-France

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
11.3 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 1:46 AM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 90% Humidity

Champigny-sur-Marne ([ʃɑ̃piɲi]) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from the centre of Paris.

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Map of Champigny-sur-Marne, France

Name

Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny. The name Champigny ultimately comes from Medieval Latin Campaniacum, meaning "estate of Campanius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Champigny-sur-Marne (meaning "Champigny upon Marne"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Champigny.

Transport

Champigny-sur-Marne is served by Les Boullereaux – Champigny station on Paris RER line E.

Champigny-sur-Marne is also served by Champigny station on Paris RER line A. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, lies immediately across the Marne River from the town center of Champigny-sur-Marne and is thus used by people in Champigny.

The Paris Métro will soon serve the center of Champigny; the new station will be located along RN4, near the railway bridge known as Pont de la Plage.

Education

Primary schools:

  • Preschools: Nine for the 9e circonscription and 7 for the 18e circonscription
  • Elementary schools: Seven for the 9e circonscription and 6 for the 18e circonscription

    • Secondary schools:

  • Junior high schools: Collège Willy-Ronis and Collège Paul-Vaillant-Couturier
  • Senior high schools: Lycée Louise Michel, Lycée Marx-Dormoy, Lycée Langevin-Wallon, Lycée professionnel Gabriel-Péri

    • In addition Lycée professionnel et technologique Samuel-de-Champlain is in nearby Chennevières-sur-Marne

    Notable people

  • Djamel Belmadi (born 27 March 1976) is a retired Algerian footballer and is the current manager of Lekhwiya.
  • Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (born 17 January 1998) is a professional footballer for Arsenal FC.

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Champigny-sur-Marne is twinned with:

  • Musselburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Rosignano Marittimo, Italy
  • Alpiarça, Portugal
  • Bernau, Germany

    • References

    Champigny-sur-Marne Wikipedia
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