Champs-sur-Marne

Champs-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ syʁ maʁn] ) is a commune in the eastern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.2 km (11.3 mi) from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the Marne, in the Seine-et-Marne department (on the departmental border with Seine-Saint-Denis) in the Île-de-France region.

Champs-sur-Marne
Commune
Château de Champs-sur-Marne
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Champs-sur-Marne
Champs-sur-Marne Champs-sur-Marne
Coordinates: 48°51′10″N 2°36′10″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Torcy
Canton	Champs-sur-Marne
Intercommunality	CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maud Tallet
Area 1	7.35 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	25,695
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77083 /77420
Elevation	38–106 m (125–348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune of Champs-sur-Marne, famous for its château, is part of the Val Maubuée area, 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 often referred to as Campésiens. The term Champesois is also in use.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 333 —     1800 303 −1.34% 1806 315 0.65% 1821 330 0.31% 1831 455 3.26% 1836 522 2.79% 1841 443 −3.23% 1846 493 2.16% 1851 445 −2.03% 1856 494 2.11% 1861 580 3.26% 1866 700 3.83% 1872 710 0.24% 1876 813 3.44% 1881 929 2.70% 1886 1,106 3.55% 1891 1,356 4.16% 1896 1,558 2.82%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,633 0.94% 1906 1,786 1.81% 1911 1,797 0.12% 1921 1,580 −1.28% 1926 1,674 1.16% 1931 2,162 5.25% 1936 2,622 3.93% 1946 2,310 −1.26% 1954 2,918 2.96% 1962 3,793 3.33% 1968 4,446 2.68% 1975 5,095 1.97% 1982 16,739 18.52% 1990 21,611 3.24% 1999 24,553 1.43% 2009 24,271 −0.12% 2014 25,096 0.67% 2020 25,230 0.09%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2020)

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Champs-sur-Marne is twinned with:

• Bradley Stoke, England, United Kingdom
• Quart de Poblet, Spain

Transport

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

Education

Collège Armand Lanoux, one of three junior high schools in the commune

As of 2016 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; 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. The commune has one senior high school, Lycée René Descartes.

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

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)