Villiers-sur-Marne (, literally ''Villiers sur

Marne Marne can refer to: Places France *Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine *Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river * La Marne, a commune in western France *Marne, a legislative constituency (France) Nethe ...

'') is a commune in the eastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris. The commune of Villiers-sur-Marne is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "

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" of

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History

On 7 July 1899, a part of the territory of Villiers-sur-Marne was detached and merged with a part of the territory of

La Queue-en-Brie La Queue-en-Brie (, literally ''La Queue in Brie'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History On 7 July 1899, a part of the territory of La Queue-en-Brie was detached and merged ...

and a part of the territory of

Chennevières-sur-Marne Chennevières-sur-Marne (, literally ''Chennevières on Marne'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History People have lived on the site of Chennevières-sur-Marne since pre-hi ...

to create the commune of

Le Plessis-Trévise Le Plessis-Trévise () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History The commune of Le Plessis-Trévise was created on 7 July 1899 by detaching a part of the territory of La Queue-en-Bri ...

Population

Transport

Villiers-sur-Marne is served by

Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise station Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise, more commonly known as Villiers-sur-Marne, is a French Train station, railway station in Villiers-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department. The station is at kilometric point 20.741 of t ...

on Paris RER line E.

Education

There are seven preschools and seven elementary schools.Les écoles
" Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. *Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne,

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rema ...

, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon *Elementary schools:

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the s ...

, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne,

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, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon There are two junior high schools, Collège

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, and Collège Les Prunais.

Twin towns – sister cities

Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with: *

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, Portugal * Friedberg, Germany Until November 2011, it was also twinned with

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in the

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, when the English town controversially cut its links with Villiers-sur-Marne, as well as Friedberg.Article dated 2 December 2011 France 24: 'English town cuts links with French and German twins', accessed 8 December 2011
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Notable people

Mossi Traoré Mossi Traoré (born May 28, 1985 in Paris, France) is a French fashion designer and the founder of the Mossi fashion label. Early life Traoré was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, into a modest family of Malian origin. His father was ...

, fashion designer *

Vanessa Paradis Vanessa Chantal Paradis (; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis became a star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single " Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's highest ho ...

, singer *

Hayat Boumeddiene Hayat Boumeddiene (born 26 June 1988), also known by the ''nom de guerre'' (''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'') Umm Basir al-Muhajirah () is a French Muslim terrorist who participated in the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks. Currently a fugitive, she ...

, fugitive and suspected accomplice of her partner

Amedy Coulibaly Amedy Coulibaly (; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015), also known by the ''nom de guerre'' ('' kunya'') Abu Basir al-Ifriqi () was a Malian-French man who was the prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting, in which municipal police officer Cl ...

, the main suspect for the Montrouge shooting and the hostage-taker and gunman in the Porte de Vincennes siege, in which he killed four hostages. * Dominique Pelicot

References

External links

Official website
(in French) Communes of Val-de-Marne Porte de Paris {{ValMarne-geo-stub