commune
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in the
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 ...
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in north-central
France
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. It is located in the eastern suburbs of
Paris
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, from the center of Paris.
Torcy is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an ''arrondissement''. The commune of Torcy is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "
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Marne-la-Vallée
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Inhabitants of Torcy are called ''Torcéens''.
The suburbanization and affluence of the Vietnamese population in France has resulted in a demographic shift in Torcy since the 1980s. Vietnamese businesses and community organizations have been established in Torcy, and the commune, along with nearby
Ivry-sur-Seine
Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the co ...
, contains one of the highest concentrations of Vietnamese people in France at 10% to 20% of the population.La communauté asiatique met le cap à l'est Le Parisien, 16 November 2011 (in French) As of 1998, about 5-6% of the city's population is made up of East Asians.Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). ''The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas''.
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There are ten public primary school groups (preschool and elementary) in Torcy, along with three junior high schools and one senior high school.Établissements scolaires " Torcy, Seine-et-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. - Click the tabs to switch from primary schools to "collèges" (junior high schools) and "lycées" (senior high schools).
Junior high schools:
* Collège de l'Arche-Guédon
* Collège Louis-Aragon
* Collège Victor-Schoelcher
Senior high school
* Lycée Jean-Moulin