Champs-sur-Marne

Champs-sur-Marne
Château of Champs-sur-Marne
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location within Île-de-France region  Champs-sur-Marne
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Torcy
Canton	Champs-sur-Marne
Intercommunality	Val Maubuée
Mayor	Maud Tallet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	38–106 m (125–348 ft)
Land area1	7.35 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population2	24,693  (2006)
- Density	3,360 /km2 (8,700 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	77083/ 77420
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°51′10″N 2°36′10″E / 48.852884°N 2.60273°E / 48.852884; 2.60273

Champs-sur-Marne (IPA: [ʃɑ̃ syʁ maʁn]) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France in the Île-de-France region 18.2 km (11.3 mi) from the center of Paris.

The commune of Champs-sur-Marne is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.

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 called Campésiens.

Twin towns

Champs-sur-Marne is twinned with Bradley Stoke in Bristol in the United Kingdom.

Transport

Champs-sur-Marne is served by Noisy – Champs station on Paris RER line .

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (French)
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région (English)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Champs-sur-Marne (French)
• Champs-sur-Marne.info, par Webmaster (Information sur la commune de Champs sur Marne (French)