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Country
  
France

Department
  
Val-de-Marne

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
4.33 km²

Population (2013)2
  
28,190

Arrondissement
  
Nogent-sur-Marne

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
Villiers-sur-Marne

INSEE/Postal code
  
94079 /94350

Local time
  
Monday 6:21 PM

Area1
  
4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)

Villiers-sur-Marne

Weather
  
19°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 38% Humidity

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Villiers-sur-Marne ([vilje syʁ maʁn]) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.8 km (9.2 mi) from the center of Paris.

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Map of Villiers-sur-Marne, France

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.

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.

  • Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon
  • Elementary schools: Albert Camus, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne, Jules Ferry, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon
  • There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais.

    Twin towns

    Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with Entroncamento in Portugal and Friedberg in 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.

    Notable residents

  • Vanessa Paradis, French singer, and ex wife of Johnny Depp.
  • 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.
  • References

    Villiers-sur-Marne Wikipedia