Serris () is a
commune in the
Seine-et-Marne
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department in the
ÃŽle-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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. The area has an
outlet mall
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known as La Vallée Village.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Serris are called ''Serrissiens'' in French.
Education
The commune has four primary school groups (combined preschool and elementary schools): Robert Doisneau (opened in 1999),
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
(opened in 2001),
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (, ; ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French Fable, fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''La Fontaine's Fables, Fables'', which provided a model for subs ...
(opened in 1992), and
Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...
(opened in 2004).
Collège Madeleine Renaud, a junior high school in Serris, opened in 2005.
Lycée Émilie du Châtelet
The Lycée Émilie du Châtelet is a State_school#France, state Secondary_education_in_France#Lycée, senior high school in Serris, Seine-et-Marne, France, in the Paris metropolitan area.
This educational establishment is named after Émilie du C ...
, the senior high school, opened in 2010.
University of Marne-la-Vallée provides university education in the area. 1,300 of its students resided in Serris.
Pôle universitaire du Val d'Europe
" Serris. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
See also
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References
External links
Official site
Official site
(Archive)
Communes of Seine-et-Marne
Val d'Europe
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