[[File:Composition communale de Marne-la-Vallée (fin 2013).svg|thumb|Sections of Marne-la-Vallée<br />The different communes making up Marne-la-Vallée:

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Marne-la-Vallée () (English: Marne Valley) is a new town located near the city centre of Paris, France.

Disneyland Paris, Disney Adventure World, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.

Status

Marne-la-Vallée has been gradually built up since the first plans in 1965 and now covers an area of over and includes 31 communes, in the départements of Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. Total population (2007) is 282,150.

For administrative purposes, the area has been divided into four sectors:

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! Department

| Seine-Saint-Denis<br />Val-de-Marne

| colspan="4" | Seine-et-Marne

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! Sector

! Porte de Paris

! Val Maubuée

! colspan="2" | Val de Bussy

! Val d'Europe

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! List of<br />communes

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  1. Noisy-le-Grand
  2. Bry-sur-Marne
  3. Villiers-sur-Marne

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  1. Champs-sur-Marne
  2. Croissy-Beaubourg
  3. Émerainville
  4. Lognes
  5. Noisiel
  6. Torcy

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  1. Bussy-Saint-Georges
  2. Bussy-Saint-Martin
  3. Chanteloup-en-Brie
  4. Collégien
  5. Conches-sur-Gondoire
  6. Ferrières-en-Brie

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  1. <li value="7">Gouvernes</li>
  2. Guermantes
  3. Jossigny
  4. Lagny-sur-Marne
  5. Montévrain
  6. Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes

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  1. Bailly-Romainvilliers
  2. Chessy
  3. Coupvray
  4. Magny-le-Hongre
  5. Serris
  6. Villeneuve-le-Comte
  7. Villeneuve-Saint-Denis
  8. Esbly
  9. Montry
  10. Saint-Germain-sur-Morin

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Demographics

As of 1990 fewer than 10,000 persons of East/Southeast Asian origin resided in six communes of Marne-la-Vallée. 26% of the population of Lognes was Asian, and other percentages were 8% in Noisiel, 5-6% in Noisy-le-Grand, and 5-6% in Torcy. In 1982 there were 6,000 Asians in Marne-la-Vallée, making up 3-4% of the area's population. In 1987 the number increased to 9,000.

Economy

thumb|Marne-la-Vallée in relation to Paris

Education

  • École des ponts ParisTech

Louise, the main character in Éric Rohmer's 1984 film Full Moon in Paris, shares an apartment with her partner Rémi in Marne-la-Vallée.

Notes

References

  • Official Site