Val-de-Marne

"Marne Valley" redirects here. For the town, see Marne-la-Vallée.

Val-de-Marne (French pronunciation: [val də maʁn] ^ⓘ, "Vale of the 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 the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a population of 1,407,124.^[4]

Val-de-Marne
Department of France
Château de Vincennes
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 1
• Total	245 km2 (95 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	1,419,531
• Rank	12th
• Density	5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• 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 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 60,000 inhabitants:^[4]

Commune	Population (2019)
Vitry-sur-Seine	95,510
Créteil	93,246
Champigny-sur-Marne	76,990
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés	74,976
Ivry-sur-Seine	63,748

Administration

See also: Departmental Council of Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:

Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses Fresnes Rungis Thiais Chevilly-Larue L'Haÿ-les-Roses Villejuif Cachan Arcueil Gentilly Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Ivry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine Choisy-le-Roi Orly Villeneuve-le-Roi Ablon-sur-Seine Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Valenton

Arrondissement of Créteil Alfortville Créteil Bonneuil-sur-Marne Sucy-en-Brie Boissy-Saint-Léger Limeil-Brévannes Villecresnes Mandres-les-Roses Périgny Santeny Marolles-en-Brie La Queue-en-Brie Noiseau Ormesson-sur-Marne Chennevières-sur-Marne Le Plessis-Trévise

Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne Charenton-le-Pont Saint-Maurice Maisons-Alfort Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Villiers-sur-Marne Champigny-sur-Marne Joinville-le-Pont Nogent-sur-Marne Le Perreux-sur-Marne Bry-sur-Marne Fontenay-sous-Bois Vincennes Saint-Mandé

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:

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1881 161,607 —     1891 213,706 +2.83% 1901 288,879 +3.06% 1911 386,073 +2.94% 1921 462,200 +1.82% 1931 657,322 +3.58% 1936 685,295 +0.84% 1946 672,024 −0.20% 1954 767,729 +1.68%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 974,962 +3.03% 1968 1,121,319 +2.36% 1975 1,215,713 +1.16% 1982 1,193,655 −0.26% 1990 1,215,538 +0.23% 1999 1,227,250 +0.11% 2006 1,298,340 +0.81% 2011 1,333,702 +0.54% 2016 1,378,151 +0.66%
Sources:[5][6]

Place of birth of residents

Place of birth of residents of Val-de-Marne in 1999

Born in metropolitan France	Born outside metropolitan France
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	%
	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

Constituency		Member[10]	Party
	Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency	Frédéric Descrozaille	La République En Marche!
	Val-de-Marne's 2nd constituency	Jean François Mbaye	La République En Marche!
	Val-de-Marne's 3rd constituency	Laurent Saint-Martin	La République En Marche!
	Val-de-Marne's 4th constituency	Maud Petit	MoDem
	Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency	Gilles Carrez	The Republicans
	Val-de-Marne's 6th constituency	Guillaume Gouffier-Cha	La République En Marche!
	Val-de-Marne's 7th constituency	Jean-Jacques Bridey	La République En Marche!
	Val-de-Marne's 8th constituency	Michel Herbillon	The Republicans
	Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency	Isabelle Santiago	Socialist Party
	Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency	Mathilde Panot	La France Insoumise
	Val-de-Marne's 11th constituency	Albane Gaillot	La République En Marche!

Tourism

• 
  Château de Vincennes
• 
  Roseraie de L'Haÿ
• 
  An oddity from the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
• 
  Vincennes Racecourse
• 
  Paris Zoological Park (formerly Vincennes Zoo)

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
• Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, Villejuif
• Charenton Metro-Viaduct