The arrondissement of Créteil is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "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 pop ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the

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region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

. It has 16

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Its population is 321,066 (2019), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Créteil, and their

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s, are: #

Alfortville Alfortville () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History The commune of Alfortville was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons ...

(94002) #

Boissy-Saint-Léger Boissy-Saint-Léger () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Population Transport Boissy-Sai ...

(94004) #

Bonneuil-sur-Marne Bonneuil-sur-Marne (, literally ''Bonneuil on Marne'') is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Transport Bonneuil-sur-Marne is served by no ...

(94011) # Chennevières-sur-Marne (94019) #

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cré ...

(94028) #

Limeil-Brévannes Limeil-Brévannes () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Geography Climate Limeil-Brévannes has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temp ...

(94044) #

Mandres-les-Roses Mandres-les-Roses () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The palaeographer and archivist Robert Marichal (1904–1999) was born in Mandres-les-Roses. Geography Climate Mandres-les- ...

(94047) # Marolles-en-Brie (94048) # Périgny (94056) # Le Plessis-Trévise (94059) #

La Queue-en-Brie La Queue-en-Brie (, literally ''La Queue in Brie'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History On 7 July 1899, a part of the territory of La Queue-en-Brie was detached and merged ...

(94060) #

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Saint-Maur-des-Fossés () is a commune in Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "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 southea ...

(94068) # Saint-Maurice (94069) #

Santeny Santeny () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Transport Santeny is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Santeny is Boissy ...

(94070) #

Sucy-en-Brie Sucy-en-Brie (, literally ''Sucy in Brie'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Transport Sucy-en-Brie is served by Sucy–Bonneuil station on Paris RER line A. Edu ...

(94071) #

Villecresnes Villecresnes () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Transport Villecresnes is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villecr ...

(94075)

History

The arrondissement of Créteil was created in 1964 as part of the department

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.Ancien département : la Seine
/ref> In 1968 it became part of the new department Val-de-Marne.
/ref> On 25 February 2017, it lost 8 communes to the

arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses The arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses () is an Arrondissements of France, arrondissement of France in the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region. It has 18 Communes of France, communes. Its p ...

, and it lost 2 communes to and gained 3 communes from the

arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne The arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne is an arrondissement of France in the Val-de-Marne departement in the Île-de-France region. It has 14 communes. Its population is 510,395 (2019), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondis ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Créteil were, as of January 2015: # Alfortville-Nord # Alfortville-Sud # Boissy-Saint-Léger # Bonneuil-sur-Marne #

Charenton-le-Pont Charenton-le-Pont () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris, to the north of the confluence of the Seine and Marne (river), Marne rivers; the () pa ...

Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of Paris, on both banks of the river Seine. The neighbouring commu ...

# Créteil-Nord # Créteil-Ouest # Créteil-Sud # Ivry-sur-Seine-Est # Ivry-sur-Seine-Ouest # Maisons-Alfort-Nord # Maisons-Alfort-Sud #

Orly Orly () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris. The name of Orly came from Latin ''Aureliacum'', "the villa of Aurelius". Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the comm ...

# Saint-Maur-des-Fossés-Centre # Saint-Maur-des-Fossés-Ouest # Saint-Maur-La Varenne # Sucy-en-Brie # Valenton # Villecresnes # Villeneuve-le-Roi #

Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Villeneuve-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. People from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges are called ''Villeneuvois'' in French. History Prehistory and Antiquity Vill ...

# Vitry-sur-Seine-Est # Vitry-sur-Seine-Nord # Vitry-sur-Seine-Ouest

References

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