Marines () is a
commune in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the ﾃ四e-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.[< ...]
department in
ﾃ四e-de-France
The ﾃ四e-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
in northern
France
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Population
Twinning
Marines has been twinned with the town of
Kington in England since 1979. The two places are of a similar population. In Marines there is a residential side-street called "Place Kington", whilst in Kington there is a covered space by the market hall called "Place-de-Marines".
Education
Schools in Marines:
Les ﾃｩtablissements scolaires
" Marines, Val-d'Oise. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
*Ecole maternelle des Murgers (preschool)
*Ecole ﾃｩlﾃｩmentaire Paul Cﾃｩzanne
*Collﾃｨge des Hautiers (junior high school)
Trivia
Marines is located next to a village called Us. In the surrounding area, both villages are indicated with signs showing both names listed, which reads as "US MARINES". A regular joke in the region is to make people believe that these signs indicate a nearby U.S Marine Corps base.
See also
*Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 Communes of France, communes of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official website
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Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise
Communes of Val-d'Oise
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