Val-de-Marne (; 'Vale of Marne') is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of Paris’ city centre. In 2023, Val-de-Marne had a population of 1,426,929.
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! Commune
! Population (2023)
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| Vitry-sur-Seine
| style="text-align: center;" | 93,963
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| Créteil
| style="text-align: center;" | 93,397
|-
| Champigny-sur-Marne
| style="text-align: center;" | 78,072
|-
| Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
| style="text-align: center;" | 76,572
|-
| Ivry-sur-Seine
| style="text-align: center;" | 65,064
|-
| Villejuif
| style="text-align: center;" | 60,183
|}
Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:
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|1881|161,607
|1891|213,706
|1901|288,879
|1911|386,073
|1921|462,200
|1931|657,322
|1936|685,295
|1946|672,024
|1954|767,729
|1962|974,962
|1968 |1121319
|1975 |1215713
|1982 |1193655
|1990 |1215538
|1999 |1227250
|2007 |1302889
|2012 |1341831
|2017 |1387926
|2023 |1426929
Place of birth of residents
Politics
The president of the Departmental Council is Olivier Capitanio, elected in July 2021.
Presidential elections 2nd round
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Winning candidate!!Party!!%!!2nd place candidate!!Party!!%
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| 2022
| Emmanuel Macron
| LREM
| 74.48
| Marine Le Pen
| FN
| 25.52
|-
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| 2017
| Emmanuel Macron
| LREM
| 80.32
| Marine Le Pen
| FN
| 19.68
|-
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| 2012
| François Hollande
| PS
| 56.48
| Nicolas Sarkozy
| UMP
| 43.52
|-
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| 2007
| Ségolène Royal
| PS
| 50.20
| Nicolas Sarkozy
| UMP
| 49.80
|-
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| 2002
| Jacques Chirac
| RPR
| 52.99
| Lionel Jospin
| PS
| 47.01
|}
Current National Assembly Representatives
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!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member!!Party
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| Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency
| Sylvain Berrios
| The Republicans
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 2nd constituency
| Clémence Guetté
| La France Insoumise
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 3rd constituency
| Louis Boyard
| La France Insoumise
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 4th constituency
| Maud Petit
| MoDem
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency
| Mathieu Lefèvre
| Renaissance
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 6th constituency
| Guillaume Gouffier-Cha
| Renaissance
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 7th constituency
| Vincent Jeanbrun
| The Republicans
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 8th constituency
| Michel Herbillon
| The Republicans
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency
| Isabelle Santiago
| Socialist Party
|-
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| Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency
| Mathilde Panot
| La France Insoumise
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| Val-de-Marne's 11th constituency
| Sophie Taillé-Polian
| Génération.s
|}
Tourism
<gallery>
File:Vincennes - Chateau 02.jpg|Château de Vincennes
File:Dome roseraie.jpg|Roseraie de L'Haÿ
File:Ecorchefragonard20100711.JPG|An oddity from the Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
File:Course trot Vincennes.jpg|Vincennes Racecourse
File:Penguins in the zoo of vincennes.JPG|Paris Zoological Park (formerly Vincennes Zoo)
</gallery>
See also
- Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
- Church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, Villejuif
- Charenton Metro-Viaduct
References
External links
- Prefecture
- Departemental Council
- Citizen Blog