VAL-DE-MARNE

'Val-de-Marne' is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region, in Paris west. In local slang, it is known as "'l'neuf quatre'" (i.e. "the nine four"), after the official administrative number of the department, 94.

Contents

Geography

Administration

History

External links

Geography

Val-de-Marne lies to the south-east of Paris, and is, together with Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine, one of three small departments in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the ''petite couronne'' (i.e. "inner ring").

Administration

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

Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses	Arrondissement of Créteil	Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne
#Fresnes #Rungis #Thiais #Chevilly-Larue #L'Haÿ-les-Roses #Villejuif #Cachan #Arcueil #Gentilly #Le Kremlin-Bicêtre	Ivry-sur-Seine Charenton-le-Pont Saint-Maurice Maisons-Alfort Alfortville Vitry-sur-Seine Choisy-le-Roi Orly Villeneuve-le-Roi Ablon-sur-Seine Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Valenton Créteil Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Bonneuil-sur-Marne Sucy-en-Brie Boissy-Saint-Léger Limeil-Brévannes Villecresnes Mandres-les-Roses Périgny Santeny Marolles-en-Brie	La Queue-en-Brie Noiseau Ormesson-sur-Marne Chennevières-sur-Marne Le Plessis-Trévise Villiers-sur-Marne Champigny-sur-Marne Joinville-le-Pont Nogent-sur-Marne Le Perreux-sur-Marne Bry-sur-Marne Fontenay-sous-Bois Vincennes Saint-Mandé

History

Val-de-Marne was largely part of the Seine department until 1968.

External links

★ Prefecture

★ General Council

★ Citizen Blog