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Vaires-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [vɛːʁ syʁ maʁn] ; lit. ''Vaires-on-Marne') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France.
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 The town hall of Vaires-sur-Marne | |
 Coat of arms | |
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Location of Vaires-sur-Marne  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°39′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.65°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Villeparisis |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Edmonde Jardin[1] |
Area 1 | 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 13,518 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vairois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77479 /77360 |
| Elevation | 38–52 m (125–171 ft) |
| Website | www.vairessurmarne.com |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vaires-sur-Marne is at the western end of the LGV Est high-speed railway, reaching Vendenheim (near Strasbourg) in the east. Vaires–Torcy station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris. It was spectacularly blown up in John Frankenheimer's 1964 film The Train.
It is one of the venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Demographics
editInhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are called Vairois (masculine) and Vairoises (feminine) in French.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 8,455 | — |
| 1975 | 10,019 | +2.45% |
| 1982 | 10,812 | +1.09% |
| 1990 | 11,194 | +0.43% |
| 1999 | 11,772 | +0.56% |
| 2007 | 11,765 | −0.01% |
| 2012 | 13,273 | +2.44% |
| 2017 | 13,327 | +0.08% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
External links
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- Official site (in French)