commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the eastern suburbs of
Paris
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France
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Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...
Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-s ...
region
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The commune of Champs-sur-Marne is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "
new town
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Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée () is a new town located near Paris, France.
Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.
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History
Originally called simply Champs, the name of the commune became officially Champs-sur-Marne (meaning "Fields upon
Marne Marne can refer to:
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*Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine
*Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river
* La Marne, a commune in western France
*Marne, a legislative constituency (France)
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") on 9 April 1962.
Demographics
The inhabitants are often referred to as ''Campésiens''.
Bradley Stoke
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Quart de Poblet
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the commune has ten preschools with 1,138 students combined, and ten elementary schools with 1,729 students combined.
The commune has three junior high schools, Armand Lanoux, Jean Weiner, and
Pablo Picasso
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; and there is an additional junior high school in a surrounding commune, Le Luzard in
Noisiel
Noisiel () is a commune in the French department of Seine-et-Marne, administrative region of Île-de-France. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
The commune of Noisiel is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one ...
École des ponts ParisTech
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...