Champs-sur-Marne () is a
commune in the eastern outer suburbs of
Paris
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,
France
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. It is located from the
centre of Paris, on the left bank of the
Marne, in the
Seine-et-Marne
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department (on the departmental border with
Seine-Saint-Denis) in the
ÃŽle-de-France
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region
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.
The commune of Champs-sur-Marne, famous for its
château
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, is part of the Val Maubuée area, one of the four sectors in the "
new town
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" of
Marne-la-Vallée
Marne-la-Vallée () (English language, English: Marne Valley) is a new town located near Paris, France.
Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, University of Marne la Vallée, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Par ...
.
History
Originally called simply Champs, the name of the commune became officially Champs-sur-Marne (meaning "Fields upon
Marne") on 9 April 1962.
Demographics
The inhabitants are often referred to as ''Campésiens''. The term ''Champesois'' is also in use.
Twin towns – sister cities
Champs-sur-Marne is
twinned with:
*
Bradley Stoke
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, England, United Kingdom
*
Quart de Poblet, Spain
Transport
Champs-sur-Marne is served by
Noisy – Champs station on Paris
RER line .
Education
the commune has ten preschools with 1,138 students combined, and ten elementary schools with 1,729 students combined.
The commune has three junior high schools, Armand Lanoux, Jean Weiner, and
Pablo Picasso
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; 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.
Le collège
" Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. The commune has one senior high school, Lycée René Descartes.[Le lycée]
" Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Nearby senior high schools:[
* Lycée Gérard de Nerval (Noisiel)
* Lycée technique René Cassin (Noisiel)
* Lycée Jean Moulin ( Torcy)
There are also vocational high schools in Chelles, Thorigny, and Torcy.
Tertiary education:
* ]École des ponts ParisTech
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* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
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See also
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References
External links
Official website
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Communes of Seine-et-Marne
Val Maubuée
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