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Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marneväl-də-märn, department (1990 pop. 1,219,300), N central France, adjoining Paris on the southeast. Créteil is the capital.
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  • Créteil

    Créteil, city (1990 pop. 82,390), capital of Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne River. Motors, electrical equipment, gold and silver items, and varnish are produced. A church b...

  • Maisons-Alfort

    Maisons-Alfort, suburb SE of Paris (1990 pop. 54,065), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France. There is some agriculture, but it is mainly an industrial town producing chemicals and metals. A 13...

  • Orly

    Orly, city (1990 pop. 21,824), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, a suburb SE of Paris. It is the site of Orly airport, which with Charles de Gaulle is one of the two chief airports of Pari...

  • Ivry-sur-Seine

    Ivry-sur-Seine, industrial and commercial suburb SE of Paris (1990 pop. 54,106), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France. Connected to Paris by subway, its port, on the Seine River, deals in whol...

  • Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

    Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, city (1990 pop. 77,492), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Marne River. An industrial suburb of Paris, it manufactures automobile parts, ball bearings, electr...

  • Vitry-sur-Seine

    Vitry-sur-Seine, city (1990 pop. 82,820), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, on the Seine River; an industrial suburb SE of Paris. The chief products are lighting and heating equipment and ...

  • Vincennes, town, France

    Vincennes, town (1990 pop. 42,651), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France, an industrial and residential suburb E of Paris. Radio, electrical, and photographic equipment, machinery, and machine...

  • Île-de-France, region, France

    Île-de-France, region and former province, N central France, in the center of the Paris basin, a fertile depression where the Marne and Ouse rivers join the Seine. Containing parts of the Beau...

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