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Vaires-sur-Marne

Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°39′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.65°E / 48.8667; 2.65
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Vaires-sur-Marne
The town hall of Vaires-sur-Marne
The town hall of Vaires-sur-Marne
Coat of arms of Vaires-sur-Marne
Location of Vaires-sur-Marne
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Vaires-sur-Marne is located in France
Vaires-sur-Marne
Vaires-sur-Marne
Vaires-sur-Marne is located in Île-de-France (region)
Vaires-sur-Marne
Vaires-sur-Marne
Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°39′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.65°E / 48.8667; 2.65
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementTorcy
CantonVilleparisis
IntercommunalityCA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Edmonde Jardin[1]
Area
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6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
13,518
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
DemonymVairois
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77479 /77360
Elevation38–52 m (125–171 ft)
Websitewww.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 is one of the venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Demographics

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Inhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are called Vairois (masculine) and Vairoises (feminine) in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
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