Villiers-sur-Marne (, literally Villiers sur Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
The commune of Villiers-sur-Marne is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
History
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1873. On 7 July 1899, a part of the territory of Villiers-sur-Marne was detached and merged with a part of the territory of La Queue-en-Brie and a part of the territory of Chennevières-sur-Marne to create the commune of Le Plessis-Trévise.
Population
Transport Villiers-sur-Marne is served by Villiers-sur-Marne–Le Plessis-Trévise station on Paris RER line E.
Education There are seven preschools and seven elementary schools."Les écoles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Preschools: J. et M. Dudragne, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Charles Peguy, Charles Perrault, Jean Renon"Maternelles." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Elementary schools: Albert Camus, Léon Dauer, J. et M. Dudragne, Jules Ferry, Edouard Herriot, Jean Jaures, Jean Renon"Ecoles elementaires." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais."Les collèges." Villiers-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Twin towns – sister cities
Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with: Entroncamento, Portugal Friedberg, Germany
Until November 2011, it was also twinned with Bishop's Stortford in the United Kingdom, when the English town controversially cut its links with Villiers-sur-Marne, as well as Friedberg.Article dated 2 December 2011 France 24: 'English town cuts links with French and German twins', accessed 8 December 2011
Notable people Mossi Traoré, fashion designer Vanessa Paradis, singer Hayat Boumeddiene, fugitive and suspected accomplice of her partner Amedy Coulibaly, the main suspect for the Montrouge shooting and the hostage-taker and gunman in the Porte de Vincennes siege, in which he killed four hostages. Dominique Pelicot
See also Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References
External links
Official website (in French)