Bry-sur-Marne
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| Commune of Bry-sur-Marne | |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Île-de-France |
| Département | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 3.35 km² |
| Population² (1999 census) |
15,000 |
| - Density (1999) | 4,478/km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Bry-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.6 km. (7.8 miles) from the center of Paris.
The commune of Bry-sur-Marne is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
The town has been twinned with Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire, England and Moosburg-sur-Isar in Germany since 1973.
The photographer Louis Daguerre died in Bry-sur-Marne in 1851 and a monument marks his grave there.
[edit] Transport
Bry-sur-Marne is served by Bry-sur-Marne station on Paris RER line A.
[edit] External link
- Official town site (in French)
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