Champs-sur-Marne (; 'Fields-on-Marne') is a commune in the eastern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 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.
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.Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 2002.
Demographics The inhabitants are often referred to as Campésiens in French. The term Champesois is also in use.
Twin towns – sister cities
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
the commune has ten preschools with 1,138 students combined,"Maternelle." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. and ten elementary schools with 1,729 students combined."L'école élémentaire." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
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."Le collège." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. The commune has one senior high school, Lycée René Descartes."Le lycée." Champs-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
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
References
External links
Official website 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)