Val-de-Marne

{{Redirect|Marne Valley|the town|Marne-la-Vallée}}{{short description|Department of France in Île-de-France}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Val-de-Marne | native_name = | native_name_lang = fr | type = Department of France | image_skyline = Vincennes Château de Vincennes Donjon 04.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Château de Vincennes | image_flag = Flag_of_the_Department_of_Val-de-Marne.svg | flag_alt = | image_shield = Proposition_de_blason_pour_le_département_du_Val-de-Marne.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = Val-de-Marne-Position.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Val-de-Marne in France | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|48|45|N|2|25|E|region:FR_type:adm2nd_scale:1000000_source:frwiki|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = France | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Île-de-France | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Prefecture | seat = Créteil | parts_type = Subprefectures | parts_style = para | p1 = L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne | government_footnotes = | leader_party = LR | leader_title = President of the Departmental Council | leader_name = Olivier Capitanio<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref> | unit_pref = Metric | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = {{ref|area|1}} | area_total_km2 = 245 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_total = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | population_rank = 12th | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | demographics_type1 = GDP | demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10r_3gdp/default/table | title=Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 regions|website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref> | demographics1_title1 = Total | demographics1_info1 = €56.818 billion (2021) | demographics1_title2 = Per capita | demographics1_info2 = €40,144 (2021) | blank_name_sec1 = Department number | blank_info_sec1 = 94 | blank_name_sec2 = Arrondissements | blank_info_sec2 = 3 | blank1_name_sec2 = Cantons | blank1_info_sec2 = 25 | blank2_name_sec2 = Communes | blank2_info_sec2 = 47 | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = {{note|area|1}} French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 }}

'''Val-de-Marne''' ({{IPA|fr|val də maʁn|-|Fr-Paris--Val-de-Marne.ogg}}; {{literal translation}} '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.<ref name=pophist/>

Its INSEE and postcode number is 94.

== Geography == Val-de-Marne 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'' ("inner ring"). Since 1 January 2016, Val-de-Marne is included in the Métropole du Grand Paris.

File:Petite couronne.png ===Principal towns===

The most populous commune is Vitry-sur-Seine; the prefecture Créteil is the second-most populous. As of 2023, there are 6 communes with more than 60,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2023>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680694/dep94.pdf Populations de référence 2023: 94 Val-de-Marne], INSEE</ref>

{| class=wikitable ! Commune ! Population (2023) |- | Vitry-sur-Seine | style="text-align: center;" | 93,963 |- | 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== {{See also|Departmental Council of Val-de-Marne}} Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:<ref name="pop2023" />

== History == Val-de-Marne was created in January 1968, through the implementation of a law passed in July 1964. Positioned to the south-east of the Paris ring road (and the line of the old city walls), it was formed from the southern-eastern part of the (previously much larger) Seine department, together with a small portion taken from the broken-up department of Seine-et-Oise.

==Demographics== Population development since 1881: {{Historical populations |align=none |percentages=pagr |footnote=Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/94his.html|title=Historique du Val-de-Marne|website=Le SPLAF}}</ref><ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=DEP-94#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |graph-pos=bottom |cols=2 |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=== {{France immigration | collectivity_name = Val-de-Marne | census_year = 1999 | metropolitan_France = 79.3 | outside_metropolitan_France = 20.7 | overseas_France = 2.1 | foreign_French = 3.3 | EU-15 = 4.8 | non-EU-15 = 10.5 }}

==Politics==

The president of the Departmental Council is Olivier Capitanio, elected in July 2021.

=== Presidential elections 2nd round === {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Winning candidate!!Party!!%!!2nd place candidate!!Party!!% |- |style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" | | 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/fr/france-2022-election-presidentielle-second-tour-resultats | title=Les résultats du second tour de l'élection présidentielle | date=19 April 2022 }}</ref> | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 74.48 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 25.52 |- |style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" | | 2017<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles | title=Présidentielles }}</ref> | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 80.32 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 19.68 |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | | 2012 | François Hollande | PS | 56.48 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 43.52 |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | | 2007 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 50.20 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 49.80 |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" | | 2002<ref name="auto"/> | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 86.22 | Jean-Marie Le Pen | FN | 13.78 |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" | | 1995<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html | title=Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania }}</ref> | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 52.99 | Lionel Jospin | PS | 47.01 |}

===Current National Assembly Representatives===

{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency | Sylvain Berrios | The Republicans |- |style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 2nd constituency | Clémence Guetté | La France Insoumise |- |style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 3rd constituency | Louis Boyard | La France Insoumise |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 4th constituency | Maud Petit | MoDem |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency | Mathieu Lefèvre | Renaissance |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 6th constituency | Guillaume Gouffier-Cha | Renaissance |- |style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 7th constituency | Vincent Jeanbrun | The Republicans |- |style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 8th constituency | Michel Herbillon | The Republicans |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency | Isabelle Santiago | Socialist Party |- |style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" | | Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency | Mathilde Panot | La France Insoumise |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Génération.s}}" | | 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>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{in lang|fr}} [https://www.val-de-marne.gouv.fr/ Prefecture] * {{in lang|fr}} [https://www.valdemarne.fr/ Departemental Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902072929/https://www.valdemarne.fr/ |date=2022-09-02 }} * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.saintmaurblog.com Citizen Blog]

Category:Val-de-Marne Category:1968 establishments in France Category:Departments of Île-de-France Category:States and territories established in 1968