Champigny-sur-Marne
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Champigny-sur-Marne ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, literally Champigny on Marne) is a major city in the region of Île-de-France, France. It is located Template:Convert from the centre of Paris.
Name
Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny. The name Champigny ultimately comes from Medieval Latin Campaniacum, meaning "estate of Campanius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Champigny-sur-Marne (meaning "Champigny upon Marne"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Champigny.
History
The Hôtel de Ville was established as an orphanage operated by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and only opened for municipal use in 1931.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Demographics
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Immigration
Transport
Champigny-sur-Marne is served by Les Boullereaux – Champigny station on Paris RER line E.
Champigny-sur-Marne is also served by Champigny station on Paris RER line A. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, lies immediately across the river Marne from the town center of Champigny-sur-Marne and is thus used by people in Champigny.
The Paris Métro is planned to eventually serve the center of Champigny; the new station will be located along RN4, near the railway bridge known as Pont de la Plage.
Education
Primary schools:<ref>"Scolarité." Champigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
- Preschools: Nine for the 9e circonscription and 7 for the 18e circonscription
- Elementary schools: Seven for the 9e circonscription and 6 for the 18e circonscription
Secondary schools:<ref>"Etudes." Champigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
- Junior high schools: Collège Willy-Ronis and Collège Paul-Vaillant-Couturier
- Senior high schools: Lycée Louise Michel, Lycée Marx-Dormoy, Lycée Langevin-Wallon, Lycée professionnel Gabriel-Péri
In addition Lycée professionnel et technologique Samuel-de-Champlain is in nearby Chennevières-sur-Marne
Notable people
- Djamel Belmadi (born 27 March 1976) is a retired Algerian footballer and was most recently manager of the Algeria National Football Team.
- Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (born 17 January 1998) is a professional footballer, currently plays as a midfielder most recently for Italian club Salernitana.
- Yan Valery (born 22 February 1999) is a French-Tunisian professional footballer, currently plays as a right-back for Sheffield Wednesday.
- Adrien Regattin, (born 22 August 1991) is a Moroccan professional footballer, currently plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Iğdır.
- Samuel Benchetrit (born 26 June 1973) is a French writer, actor, scenarist and director[1]. He is of Moroccan-Jewish descent.
- Nicolas Senzemba (born 25 March 1996) is a French footballer who currently plays for Le Touquet.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000) is a French athlete who competes in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. French national record to 7.73 seconds. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Samba-Mayela won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles event.
International relations
Champigny-sur-Marne is twinned with:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col
- Template:Flagicon Alpiarça, Portugal
- Template:Flagicon Bernau bei Berlin, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Jalapa, Nicaragua
- Template:Flagicon Musselburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon Rosignano Marittimo, Italy
See also
References
External links
- Champigny-sur-Marne official website Template:In lang
- Champigny Blog Template:In lang
- Historic D.B.racing cars of Champigny/Marne Template:In lang
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