Val d'Europe (; ) is the easternmost sector (''Sector IV'') of the

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Marne-la-Vallée Marne-la-Vallée () (English language, English: Marne Valley) is a new town located near Paris, France. Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, University of Marne la Vallée, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Par ...

, located around to the east of

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. It was built as part of a

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between

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and the French state, based on a convention signed in 1987. It is bordered by the

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river to the north, the A4 motorway to the south, and is served by the

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suburban train line (stations Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy (opened 1992) and

Val d'Europe Val d'Europe (; ) is the easternmost sector (''Sector IV'') of the Planned_community#France, new town of Marne-la-Vallée, located around to the east of Paris, France. It was built as part of a Public–private partnership, public–private par ...

(opened 2001)) as well as the

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high-speed train line (station Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy).

Description

Val d'Europe is made up of six communes, which have grouped together to form a town council. Five of them —

Bailly-Romainvilliers Bailly-Romainvilliers () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants of the town of Bailly-Romainvilliers are called ''Romainvillersois'', ''Romainvillersoises ...

, Chessy,

Coupvray Coupvray () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France about 30kms east of Paris. People Coupvray was the birthplace and home of Louis Braille, which is now a museum. His hands are buried ...

Magny-le-Hongre Magny-le-Hongre () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is part of Val d'Europe Agglomération together with the communes of Bailly-Romainvilliers, Chessy, Coupvray and Serris. D ...

, and

Serris Serris () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The area has an outlet mall known as La Vallée Village. Demographics Inhabitants of Serris are called ''Serrissiens'' in French. Ed ...

— form the historical territory of sector IV. The sixth commune,

Villeneuve-le-Comte Villeneuve-le-Comte () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. See also * Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Seine-et-M ...

, joined the general interest project in 2011. These communes, as well as four neighbouring ones, are grouped into an urban community, called Val d'Europe Agglomeration (VEA). The area is primarily given over to Disneyland Park, as per the contract between the government and The Walt Disney Company. One of the terms was that the ''Euro Disney Resort'' (now Disneyland Paris) immediately got of land to build ''Festival Disney'' (now named

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). The Walt Disney Company is the only company within France that has had such a large say in the development of an urban area of this scale. The government was represented by an EPA (governmental development company). Disney has also contributed to the development of the

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History

The building work started in 1987, after

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(then French prime minister) and Disney signed the contract. Val d'Europe was to be opened with the ''Euro Disney Resort'' in 1992. As of 2005, Val d'Europe had a population of 19,700 people, increasing to 37,008 by 2019. out of is set aside for development by Disney.

has spent €5 billion, compared to €500 million from the French government. The architectural style takes inspiration from the "neo-traditional" style of

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, who supervised the construction of many buildings in Paris in the 19th century. The town plan, by the firm of a

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winner,

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of New York City, was designed based upon traditional French town planning principles consistent with the

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, a design philosophy which is frequently used in the

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and used with the intent to plan new cities based upon known working principles studied by architects. Disney had previously created a New Urbanist city in Florida, known as Celebration, also designed by

. Val d'Europe and Celebration can be seen as descendants of

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's original 1960s plans for a city of the future, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT).

Shopping centre

In 2000, a large

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also named Val d'Europe opened. It features 190 shops, 30 restaurants, a large

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hypermarket and a

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aquarium.

References

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