Vaires-sur-Marne
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Vaires-sur-Marne | |
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 The town hall of Vaires-sur-Marne | |
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 Location of Vaires-sur-Marne | |
  Vaires-sur-Marne Location within France  Vaires-sur-Marne Location within Île-de-France (region) | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°39′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.65°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Villeparisis |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Edmonde Jardin[1] |
Area 1 | 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 13,931 |
| • Density | 2,310/km2 (5,990/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vairois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77479 /77360 |
| Elevation | 38–52 m (125–171 ft) |
| Website | www.vairessurmarne.com |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vaires-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [vɛːʁ syʁ maʁn] ⓘ; lit. ''Vaires-on-Marne') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France.
Vaires-sur-Marne is at the western end of the LGV Est high-speed railway, reaching Vendenheim (near Strasbourg) in the east. Vaires–Torcy station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris. It was spectacularly blown up in John Frankenheimer's 1964 film The Train.
It was one of the venues for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
Demographics
[edit]Inhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are called Vairois (masculine) and Vairoises (feminine) in French.
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[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - Paris2024 Pressroom". press.paris2024.org. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
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- Official site (in French)
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