Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the 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 the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a population of 1,407,124.

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 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 60,000 inhabitants:

Administration
Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communes:



Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses 1. Fresnes

2. Rungis

3. Thiais

4. Chevilly-Larue

5. L'Haÿ-les-Roses

6. Villejuif

7. Cachan

8. Arcueil

9. Gentilly

10. Le Kremlin-Bicêtre

11. Ivry-sur-Seine 1. Vitry-sur-Seine

2. Choisy-le-Roi

3. Orly

4. Villeneuve-le-Roi

5. Ablon-sur-Seine

6. Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

7. Valenton

Arrondissement of Créteil 1. Alfortville 1. Créteil 1. Bonneuil-sur-Marne

2. Sucy-en-Brie

3. Boissy-Saint-Léger

4. Limeil-Brévannes

5. Villecresnes

6. Mandres-les-Roses

7. Périgny

8. Santeny

9. Marolles-en-Brie

10. La Queue-en-Brie

11. Noiseau

12. Ormesson-sur-Marne

13. Chennevières-sur-Marne

14. Le Plessis-Trévise

Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne 1. Charenton-le-Pont

2. Saint-Maurice

3. Maisons-Alfort 1. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 1. Villiers-sur-Marne

2. Champigny-sur-Marne

3. Joinville-le-Pont

4. Nogent-sur-Marne

5. Le Perreux-sur-Marne

6. Bry-sur-Marne

7. Fontenay-sous-Bois

8. Vincennes

9. Saint-Mandé

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:

Politics
The president of the Departmental Council is Olivier Capitanio, elected in July 2021.