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Vaires-sur-Marne

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 was one of the venues for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Demographics

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium - Paris2024 Pressroom". press.paris2024.org. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.