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Villiers-sur-Marne
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometers, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. It is a member of the European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation.
Villiers-sur-Marne is one of most popular destinations in France, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments that the city has embraced. It is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris and is located almost 14.8 kilometers from the center of Paris. The city possesses a total land area of about 4.33 square kilometers, population of 26,769 according to the 2005 estimate and a density of 6,182 inhabitants per square kilometer.
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-Vallee. On July 7, 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 Chennevieres-sur-Marne to create the commune of Le Plessis-Trevise.
The industrial development in and around Villiers-sur-Marne has been a determining factor for its economic growth and population and although the industry is losing force in the last decades, the might of the sector services continues attracting new inhabitants in the city. Owing to this intense urbanization, Villiers-sur-Marne is served by Villiers-sur-Marne-Le Plessis-Trevise station on Paris regional express railway line E.
Presently, Villiers-sur-Marne experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of France. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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