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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 | |
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| Coordinates:48°52′00″N2°39′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.65°E /48.8667; 2.65 | |
| 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 (2022)[2] | 13,791 |
| • Density | 2,290/km2 (5,930/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:[vɛːʁsyʁmaʁn]ⓘ;lit. ''Vaires-on-Marne') is acommune in theSeine-et-Marnedepartment in theÎle-de-Franceregion, Northern France.
Vaires-sur-Marne is at the western end of theLGV Est high-speed railway, reachingVendenheim (nearStrasbourg) in the east.Vaires–Torcy station has rail connections toMeaux and Paris. It was spectacularly blown up inJohn Frankenheimer's 1964 filmThe Train.
It was one of the venues for the2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
Inhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are calledVairois (masculine) andVairoises (feminine) in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 8,455 | — |
| 1975 | 10,019 | +2.45% |
| 1982 | 10,812 | +1.09% |
| 1990 | 11,194 | +0.43% |
| 1999 | 11,772 | +0.56% |
| 2007 | 11,765 | −0.01% |
| 2012 | 13,273 | +2.44% |
| 2017 | 13,327 | +0.08% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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