Lizy-sur-Ourcq (, literally ''Lizy on Ourcq'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...
Île-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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.
Demographics
Inhabitants are called ''Lizéens''.
Localisation
Lizy-sur-Ourcq is located at 16 km in the North-East of
Meaux
Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...
and at 60 km in the North-East of
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
.
International relations
Lizy-sur-Ourcq is twinned with:
* Burwell, United Kingdom
Education
Schools include:Adresses et infos utiles ." ) Lizy-sur-Ourcq. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
* École maternelle Bellevue - Preschool
* École Saint Albert - Preschool and elementary school
* École Henri Des - Lower elementary school
* École Claude Monet - Upper elementary school
* Collège Camille Saint-Saëns - Junior high school