Champigny-sur-Marne

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Commune of Champigny-sur-Marne
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°49′02″N, 2°29′51″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Marne
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Statistics
Land area¹	11.3 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	75,200 74,237
- Density (2005)	6,655/km²
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Champigny-sur-Marne is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.5 km. (7.8 miles) from the center of Paris.

Contents 1 Name 2 Demographics 2.1 Immigration 3 Transport 4 Miscellaneous 4.1 English Speaking Expatriates 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of Champigny-sur-Marne's residents in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside of Metropolitan France 77.0% 23.0% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 2.3% 3.0% 7.5% 10.2% ¹This group is made up in large part of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, then also of former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for native elites in the French colonies), and in a smaller measure of foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, at which time Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country by French statistics. ² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country and who did not have French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant by French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with a foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] 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 Marne River from the town center of Champigny-sur-Marne and is thus used by people in Champigny.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] English Speaking Expatriates

Banlieue towns of the Île de France tend to depend a lot on Paris for administration purposes and other facilities. The centre of Paris is also a haven for several English speaking nationalities and EU expatriates, however in outlying towns such as this one there isn't the network that caters for these groups.

Generally, via the internet, a look on services such as Yahoo Groups can yield a few useful resources with expat groups such as Live in France, English Speakers in France, Paris Sud or Webvivant. All of these can provide much needed advice and friendship to English speaking residents of the Île de France.

[edit] External links

• Champigny Blog
• City Website
• Association Convergences Champigny
• Historic D.B.racing cars of Champigny/Marne