Val-de-Marne
Department of France in Île-de-France
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Val-de-Marne (French pronunciation: [val də maʁn] ⓘ; lit. 'Vale of Marne') is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of Paris’ city centre. In 2023, Val-de-Marne had a population of 1,426,929.[4]
Val-de-Marne | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Val-de-Marne in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′N 2°25′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Prefecture | Créteil |
| Subprefectures | L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Olivier Capitanio[1] (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 245 km2 (95 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
• Total | 1,426,929 |
| • Rank | 12th |
| • Density | 5,820/km2 (15,100/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €56.818 billion (2021) |
| • Per capita | €40,144 (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 94 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 25 |
| Communes | 47 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Its INSEE and postcode number is 94.
Geography
Val-de-Marne is, together with Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine, one of three small departments in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the Petite Couronne ("inner ring"). Since 1 January 2016, Val-de-Marne is included in the Métropole du Grand Paris.
Principal towns
The most populous commune is Vitry-sur-Seine; the prefecture Créteil is the second-most populous. As of 2023, there are 6 communes with more than 60,000 inhabitants:[5]
| Commune | Population (2023) |
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| Vitry-sur-Seine | 93,963 |
| Créteil | 93,397 |
| Champigny-sur-Marne | 78,072 |
| Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | 76,572 |
| Ivry-sur-Seine | 65,064 |
| Villejuif | 60,183 |
Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:[5]
History
Val-de-Marne was created in January 1968, through the implementation of a law passed in July 1964. Positioned to the south-east of the Paris ring road (and the line of the old city walls), it was formed from the southern-eastern part of the (previously much larger) Seine department, together with a small portion taken from the broken-up department of Seine-et-Oise.
Demographics
Population development since 1881:
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Place of birth of residents
| Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
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| 79.3% | 20.7% | |||
| Born in overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 2.1% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 10.5% | |
| 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. 2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. | ||||
Politics
The president of the Departmental Council is Olivier Capitanio, elected in July 2021.
Presidential elections 2nd round
| Election | Winning candidate | Party | % | 2nd place candidate | Party | % | |
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| 2022[7] | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 74.48 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 25.52 | |
| 2017[8] | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 80.32 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 19.68 | |
| 2012 | François Hollande | PS | 56.48 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 43.52 | |
| 2007 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 50.20 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 49.80 | |
| 2002[8] | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 86.22 | Jean-Marie Le Pen | FN | 13.78 | |
| 1995[9] | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 52.99 | Lionel Jospin | PS | 47.01 | |
Current National Assembly Representatives
Tourism
An oddity from the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
Paris Zoological Park (formerly Vincennes Zoo)
