Champs-sur-Marne

Coordinates: 48°51′10″N 2°36′10″E / 48.8529°N 2.6027°E / 48.8529; 2.6027
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Champs-sur-Marne
Château de Champs-sur-Marne
Coat of arms of Champs-sur-Marne
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Champs-sur-Marne
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Champs-sur-Marne is located in France
Champs-sur-Marne
Champs-sur-Marne
Champs-sur-Marne is located in Île-de-France (region)
Champs-sur-Marne
Champs-sur-Marne
Coordinates: 48°51′10″N 2°36′10″E / 48.8529°N 2.6027°E / 48.8529; 2.6027
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementTorcy
CantonChamps-sur-Marne
IntercommunalityCA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Maud Tallet[1]
Area
1
7.35 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
25,695
 • Density3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77083 /77420
Elevation38–106 m (125–348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Champs-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ syʁ maʁn] ) is a commune in the eastern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.2 km (11.3 mi) from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the Marne, in the Seine-et-Marne department (on the departmental border with Seine-Saint-Denis) in the Île-de-France region.

The commune of Champs-sur-Marne, famous for its château, is part of the Val Maubuée area, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.

History

Originally called simply Champs, the name of the commune became officially Champs-sur-Marne (meaning "Fields upon Marne") on 9 April 1962.[3]

Demographics

The inhabitants are often referred to as Campésiens. The term Champesois is also in use.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 333—    
1800 303−1.34%
1806 315+0.65%
1821 330+0.31%
1831 455+3.26%
1836 522+2.79%
1841 443−3.23%
1846 493+2.16%
1851 445−2.03%
1856 494+2.11%
1861 580+3.26%
1866 700+3.83%
1872 710+0.24%
1876 813+3.44%
1881 929+2.70%
1886 1,106+3.55%
1891 1,356+4.16%
1896 1,558+2.82%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,633+0.94%
1906 1,786+1.81%
1911 1,797+0.12%
1921 1,580−1.28%
1926 1,674+1.16%
1931 2,162+5.25%
1936 2,622+3.93%
1946 2,310−1.26%
1954 2,918+2.96%
1962 3,793+3.33%
1968 4,446+2.68%
1975 5,095+1.97%
1982 16,739+18.52%
1990 21,611+3.24%
1999 24,553+1.43%
2009 24,271−0.12%
2014 25,096+0.67%
2020 25,230+0.09%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2020)[5]

Twin towns – sister cities

Champs-sur-Marne is twinned with:[6]

Transport

Champs-sur-Marne is served by Noisy – Champs station on Paris RER line RER A.

Education

Collège Armand Lanoux, one of three junior high schools in the commune

As of 2016 the commune has ten preschools with 1,138 students combined,[7] and ten elementary schools with 1,729 students combined.[8]

The commune has three junior high schools, Armand Lanoux, Jean Weiner, and Pablo Picasso; and there is an additional junior high school in a surrounding commune, Le Luzard in Noisiel. There are 1,799 junior high school students combined.[9] The commune has one senior high school, Lycée René Descartes.[10]

Nearby senior high schools:[10]

There are also vocational high schools in Chelles, Thorigny, and Torcy.

Tertiary education:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Champs-sur-Marne, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Bienvenue à Champs-sur-Marne" (in French). Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  7. ^ "Maternelle." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "L'école élémentaire." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  9. ^ "Le collège." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Le lycée." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.