Val-de-Marne
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| Val-de-Marne | |
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| The Val-de-Marne coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Département number: | 94 |
| Région: | Île-de-France |
| Préfecture: | Créteil |
| Sub-Préfectures: | L'Haÿ-les-Roses Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 49 |
| Communes: | 47 |
| Conseiller Général: | Christian Favier |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 11th |
| -Jan.1, 2004 estimate -March 8, 1999 census | 1,258,575 1,227,250 |
| Population density: | 5,137/km² |
| Land area¹: | 245 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Val-de-Marne is a French département, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France région, in Paris west. In local slang, it is known as "l'neuf quatre" (i.e. "the nine four"), after the official administrative number of the département, 94.
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[edit] Geography
Val-de-Marne lies to the south-east of Paris, and is, together with Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine, one of three small départements in Île-de-France that form a ring around Paris, known as the petite couronne (i.e. "inner ring").
[edit] Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:
