Marne-la-Vallée

Sections of Marne-la-Vallée
The different communes making up Marne-la-Vallée:^{[EPA 1][EPA 2]}

  Sector I (Porte de Paris) : 3 communes.

  Sector II (Val Maubuée) : 6 communes.

  Sector III (Val de Bussy) : 12 communes.

  Sector IV (Val d'Europe) : 5 communes, and, in light green, Villeneuve-le-Comte.

Marne-la-Vallée (French: [maʁn la va.le]) is a new town located near Paris, France.

Disneyland Paris, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.

Status

Marne-la-Vallée has been gradually built up since the first plans in 1965 and now covers an area of over 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) and includes 26 communes, in the départements of Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. Total population (2007) is 282,150.

For administrative purposes, the area has been divided into four sectors:

Department	Seine-Saint-Denis Val-de-Marne	Seine-et-Marne
Sector	Porte de Paris	Val Maubuée	Val de Bussy		Val d'Europe
List of communes	Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis) Bry-sur-Marne Villiers-sur-Marne	Champs-sur-Marne Croissy-Beaubourg Émerainville Lognes Noisiel Torcy	Bussy-Saint-Georges Bussy-Saint-Martin Chanteloup-en-Brie Collégien Conches-sur-Gondoire Ferrières-en-Brie	Gouvernes Guermantes Jossigny Lagny-sur-Marne Montévrain Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes	Bailly-Romainvilliers Chessy Coupvray Magny-le-Hongre Serris

Demographics

As of 1990 fewer than 10,000 persons of East/Southeast Asian origin resided in six communes of Marne-la-Vallée. 26% of the population of Lognes was Asian, and other percentages were 8% in Noisiel, 5-6% in Noisy-le-Grand, and 5-6% in Torcy. In 1982 there were 6,000 Asians in Marne-la-Vallée, making up 3-4% of the area's population. In 1987 the number increased to 9,000.^[1]

Economy

Marne-la-Vallée in relation to Paris

Previously Star Airlines (now XL Airways France) had its headquarters in the Immeuble Horizon building in Noisy-le-Grand,^[2] in Marne-la-Vallée. Cédric Pastrour, the founder of the airline, said that the company chose the Noisy site because the airline did not yet know which airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport or Orly Airport, would serve as the airline's base, and that the Noisy site was equidistant to both airports. Pastour added that the Noisy site had access to the A4 and the A86 autoroutes and was close to the Francilienne, and that the costs in the Noisy area were lower than the costs in the airport area.^[3]

Education

• École des ponts ParisTech

Notes

1. Nos communes, nos collectivités. Retrieved on 31 December 2013.
2. Carte des communes de la ville nouvelle. Retrieved on 31 December 2013.

References

1. Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas. Hong Kong University Press, 1 January 1998. ISBN 9622094465, 9789622094468. CITED: p. 198.
2. "Contacts." Star Airlines. 11 February 2004. Retrieved on 18 June 2010. "STAR AIRLINES Immeuble Horizon 10 allée Bienvenue 93885 NOISY LE GRAND Cédex."
3. "Star Airlines : décollage réussi." Les Echos. 12 January 1998. #17561, Page 21. Retrieved on 18 June 2010. "ce transporteur aérien a choisi de s'installer à Noisy-le-Grand, l'un des pôles en développement de la Seine-Saint-Denis, dans le périmètre de la ville nouvelle de Marne-la-Vallée. « Nous nous sommes implantés là car nous ne savions pas encore de quel aéroport _ Orly ou Roissy _ décolleraient nos avions. Or Noisy-le-Grand est à égale distance des deux sites et bénéficie d'un noeud autoroutier : l'A4, l'A86, la Francilienne pas loin. Et le coût y est moindre que dans une zone aéroportuaire », confie Cédric Pastour, le PDG, ancien directeur général adjoint d'Air Liberté au côté de Lotfi Belhassine.

External links

• Official Site

Coordinates: 48°51′33″N 2°35′55″E / 48.85917°N 2.59861°E