Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the

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") is a

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located in the

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. Named after the river

, it is situated in the

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to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a population of 1,407,124.Populations légales 2019: 94 Val-de-Marne
INSEE Its INSEE and postcode number is 94.

Geography

Val-de-Marne is, together with

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobigny ...

and

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

, one of three small departments in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the ''

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'' ("inner ring"). Since 1 January 2016, Val-de-Marne is included in the

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Principal towns

The most populous commune is

Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Name Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victoria ...

; the prefecture

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cré ...

is the second-most populous. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 60,000 inhabitants:

Administration

Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47

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: Arrondissement of
L'Haÿ-les-Roses Arrondissement of
Créteil Arrondissement of
Nogent-sur-Marne

History

Val-de-Marne was created in January 1968, through the implementation of a law passed in July 1964. Positioned to the south-east of the Paris ring road (and the line of the old city walls), it was formed from the southern-eastern part of the (previously much larger)

Seine department Seine was the former department of France encompassing Paris and its immediate suburbs. It is the only enclaved department of France at that time. Its prefecture was Paris and its INSEE number was 75. The Seine department was disbanded in 1968 ...

, together with a small portion taken from the broken-up department of

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(formerly Vincennes Zoo)

References

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