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 ...

department in the

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

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 Mais ...

(94002) #

Boissy-Saint-Léger Boissy-Saint-Léger () 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 Boissy-Saint-Léger is served by Boissy-Saint-Léger station on P ...

(94004) # Bonneuil-sur-Marne (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 ...

(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 tem ...

(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-le ...

(94047) # Marolles-en-Brie (94048) # Périgny (94056) # Le Plessis-Trévise (94059) # La Queue-en-Brie (94060) #

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Saint-Maur-des-Fossés () is a commune in Val-de-Marne, the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. History The abbey Saint-Maur-des-Fossés owes its name to Saint-Maur Abbey founded in 638 by Queen Nan ...

(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 Boiss ...

(94070) # Sucy-en-Brie (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 Villec ...

(94075)

History

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

Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plate ...

.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, 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 arrondiss ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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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 commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, to the north of the confluence of the Seine and Marne rivers; the () part of the name refers to the stone bridge across ...

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 com ...

# 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 co ...

# 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 Vil ...

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

References

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