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.
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.
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:Populations de référence 2023: 94 Val-de-Marne, INSEE
Commune Population (2023) Vitry-sur-Seine 93,963 Créteil 93,397 Champigny-sur-Marne 78,072 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 76,572 Ivry-sur-Seine 65,064 Villejuif 60,183
Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:
Arrondissement ofL'Haÿ-les-Roses
Arrondissement ofCréteil
Arrondissement ofNogent-sur-Marne
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:
Place of birth of residents
Politics
The president of the Departmental Council is Olivier Capitanio, elected in July 2021.
Presidential elections 2nd round ElectionWinning candidateParty%2nd place candidateParty% 2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 74.48 Marine Le Pen FN 25.52 2017 Emmanuel Macron LREM 80.32 Marine Le Pen FN 19.68 2012 François Hollande PS 56.48 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 43.52 2007 Ségolène Royal PS 50.20 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 49.80 2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 86.22 Jean-Marie Le Pen FN 13.78 1995 Jacques Chirac RPR 52.99 Lionel Jospin PS 47.01
Current National Assembly Representatives
ConstituencyMemberParty Val-de-Marne's 1st constituency Sylvain Berrios The Republicans Val-de-Marne's 2nd constituency Clémence Guetté La France Insoumise Val-de-Marne's 3rd constituency Louis Boyard La France Insoumise Val-de-Marne's 4th constituency Maud Petit MoDem Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency Mathieu Lefèvre Renaissance Val-de-Marne's 6th constituency Guillaume Gouffier-Cha Renaissance Val-de-Marne's 7th constituency Vincent Jeanbrun The Republicans Val-de-Marne's 8th constituency Michel Herbillon The Republicans Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency Isabelle Santiago Socialist Party Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency Mathilde Panot La France Insoumise Val-de-Marne's 11th constituency Sophie Taillé-Polian Génération.s
Tourism
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