Ourcq
The Ourcq (, ''Urc'' in 855) is an river in France, a right tributary of the Marne. Its source is near the village Ronchères, and its course crosses the departments of Aisne, Oise, and Seine-et-Marne. It flows southwest through the towns of ...
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commune
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in the
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-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 ...
department
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region
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in north-central
France
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Lizy-sur-Ourcq is located at 16 km in the North-East of
Meaux
Meaux () is a commune on the river Marne in the Seine-et-Marne department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is east-northeast of the centre of Paris.
Meaux is, with Provins, Torcy and Fontainebleau, ...
and at 60 km in the North-East of
Paris
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International relations
Lizy-sur-Ourcq is twinned with:
* Burwell, United Kingdom
Education
Schools include:Adresses et infos utiles ." ) Lizy-sur-Ourcq. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
* École maternelle Bellevue - Preschool
* École Saint Albert - Preschool and elementary school
* École Henri Des - Lower elementary school
* École Claude Monet - Upper elementary school
* Collège Camille Saint-Saëns - Junior high school