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Valenton
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Valenton
Total population
14,482
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Valenton is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.1 km (9.4 mi) from the center of Paris. It extends over 531 hectares of which 84 hectares are green spaces. The most important public green space is the Plage Bleue Park where different events are organized every year. Among them, we have the Festival de l’Oh focused on environmental issues dealing with aquatic resources. Valenton is surrounded by the towns of Choisy-le-Roi, Créteil, Crosne, Limeil-Brévannes, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and Yerres. The town can be reached through the motorway A86 and the main road RN6. It is connected to the suburban rail network with the RER line D or RER line A at Boissy-Saint-Léger.
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History
Valenton was born in the 6th century. It was a dependency of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The first inhabitants were mainly farmers specialized in viticulture. In 1726, it was still a village and had 250 inhabitants. Two centuries later, the population grew to about 1,000 inhabitants. The main activities became livestock farming and market gardening. The town extended in 1936 with the construction of two new residential areas (Les Vignes and Val Pompadour). At this time, the population was only 2,448. The town which was a strategic point during the Second World War was heavily bombarded by the Anglo-American aviation, which caused many casualties among the civil population. The aim for this heavy pounding induced by this air raid was to destroy the strategic marshalling yard of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges close to the Val Pompadour residential area. After the war, the town grew considerably. By 1962, the population reached 7,713 and in 1968 it was 10,539 inhabitants.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in Île-de-France
- Le Val Pompadour1.8 mi away
- Ablon-sur-Seine2.6 mi away · pop. 5,946
- Marolles-en-Brie3.9 mi away · pop. 4,689
- Noiseau4.1 mi away · pop. 4,610
- Chennevières-sur-Marne4.5 mi away · pop. 18,367
- Ormesson-sur-Marne4.6 mi away · pop. 10,540
- Saint-Maurice5.2 mi away · pop. 14,603
- Paray-Vieille-Poste5.3 mi away · pop. 7,868
- La Queue-en-Brie5.7 mi away · pop. 12,081
- Soisy-sur-Seine6.6 mi away · pop. 7,322
- Lésigny6.6 mi away · pop. 7,102
- Fresnes6.7 mi away · pop. 28,780
Geography & sun
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 94074
- Department
- 94
- Region
- 11
- Population (Wikidata)
- 14,406
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr