Villiers-sur-Marne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Villiers-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne).svg |
Map: | Villiers-sur-Marne_map.svg |
Map Caption: | Paris and inner ring departments |
Coordinates: | 48.8275°N 2.5447°W |
Arrondissement: | Nogent-sur-Marne |
Canton: | Villiers-sur-Marne |
Insee: | 94079 |
Postal Code: | 94350 |
Mayor: | Jacques-Alain Bénisti[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grand Paris |
Elevation Min M: | 66 |
Elevation Max M: | 103 |
Area Km2: | 4.33 |
Villiers-sur-Marne (pronounced as /fr/, literally Villiers sur Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.8km (09.2miles) 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 "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
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 and a part of the territory of Chennevières-sur-Marne to create the commune of Le Plessis-Trévise.
Villiers-sur-Marne is served by Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise station on Paris RER line E.
There are seven preschools and seven elementary schools.[2]
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais.[5]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France. Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with:[6]
Until November 2011, it was also twinned with Bishop's Stortford in the United Kingdom, when the English town controversially cut its links with Villiers-sur-Marne, as well as Friedberg.[7]