Marne-la-Vallée () is a
new town
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Music
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Albums and EPs
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located near
Paris
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,
France
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.
Disneyland Paris,
Walt Disney Studios Park
Walt Disney Studios Park ( French: ''Parc Walt Disney Studios'') is the second of two theme parks built at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France, which opened on 16 March 2002. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through ...
,
Val d'Europe,
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée,
ESIEE Paris
ESIEE Paris (french: École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique) is a grande école of engineering located in Marne-la-Vallée. The school was established in 1904 and is part of the ESIEE network of graduate schools.
...
, and
École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.
Status
Marne-la-Vallée has been gradually built up since the first plans in 1965 and now covers an area of over and includes 31
communes, in the ''
département
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s'' of
Seine-et-Marne,
Seine-Saint-Denis and
Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the ÃŽle-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 ...
. Total population (2007) is 282,150.
For administrative purposes, the area has been divided into four sectors:
Demographics
As of 1990 fewer than 10,000 persons of East/Southeast Asian origin resided in six communes of Marne-la-Vallée. 26% of the population of
Lognes was Asian, and other percentages were 8% in
Noisiel, 5-6% in
Noisy-le-Grand, and 5-6% in
Torcy. In 1982 there were 6,000 Asians in Marne-la-Vallée, making up 3-4% of the area's population. In 1987 the number increased to 9,000.
[Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). ''The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas''. ]Hong Kong University Press
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, 1 January 1998. , 9789622094468. CITED: p
198
Economy
Education
*
École des ponts ParisTech
In popular culture
Louise, the main character in Éric Rohmer's 1984 film ''
Full Moon in Paris
''Full Moon in Paris'' (french: Les nuits de la pleine lune, lit=Full Moon Nights) is a 1984 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo and Fabrice Luchini. The score is by ...
'', shares an apartment with her partner Rémi in Marne-la-Vallée.
Notes
References
External links
Official Site
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New towns in ÃŽle-de-France
Geography of Seine-et-Marne
Geography of Seine-Saint-Denis
Geography of Val-de-Marne
New towns started in the 1960s