Villiers-sur-Marne


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

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.

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.
There are two junior high schools, Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, and Collège Les Prunais.

Twin towns

Villiers-sur-Marne is twinned with Entroncamento in Portugal and Friedberg in 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.

Notable residents