Val-de-Marne

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Val-de-Marne

The Val-de-Marne coat of arms
Location

Administration
Département number:	94
Région:	Île-de-France
Préfecture:	Créteil
Sub-Préfectures:	L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	49
Communes:	47
Conseiller Général:	Christian Favier
Statistics
Population	Ranked 11th
-Jan.1, 2004 estimate -March 8, 1999 census	1,258,575 1,227,250
Population density:	5,137/km²
Land area¹:	245 km²

¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

Val-de-Marne is a French département, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France région, in Paris west. In local slang, it is known as "l'neuf quatre" (i.e. "the nine four"), after the official administrative number of the département, 94.

1 Geography
2 Administration
3 History
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Val-de-Marne lies to the south-east of Paris, and is, together with Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine, one of three small départements in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the petite couronne (i.e. "inner ring").

[edit] Administration

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

Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses	Arrondissement of Créteil	Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne	Fresnes Rungis Thiais Chevilly-Larue L'Haÿ-les-Roses Villejuif Cachan Arcueil Gentilly Le Kremlin-Bicêtre	Ivry-sur-Seine Charenton-le-Pont Saint-Maurice Maisons-Alfort Alfortville Vitry-sur-Seine Choisy-le-Roi Orly Villeneuve-le-Roi Ablon-sur-Seine Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Valenton Créteil Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 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 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