Combs-la-Ville
Encyclopedia
Combs-la-Ville is a commune
in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, in the Seine-et-Marne
department in the Île-de-France
in north-central France. It is located 25.5 km (15.8 mi) from the center of Paris
, in the "new town" of Sénart
, created in the 1970s.
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, in the Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
department in the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
in north-central France. It is located 25.5 km (15.8 mi) from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero
In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured...
, in the "new town" of Sénart
Sénart
Sénart is a new town in southern Île-de-France, covering parts of the departments of Seine-et-Marne and Essonne....
, created in the 1970s.
Twin towns
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in the United Kingdom since 1980 - R' KizR' KizR' Kiz or Rkiz is a town and urban commune in the Trarza Region of south-western Mauritania.As of 2000 it had a population of 10,688.-References:...
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(an overseas department of France in the Indian OceanIndian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
) since 1992 - Salaberry-de-Valleyfield in QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada since 1998 - Baia MareBaia MareBaia Mare is a municipality in northwestern Romania and the capital of Maramureş County. The city is situated about 600 kilometres from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, 70 kilometres from the border with Hungary and 50 kilometres from the border with Ukraine...
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since September 5, 2009.
Transportation
Combs-la-Ville is served by Combs-la-Ville – Quincy station on Paris RER line DRER D
The RER D is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line officially runs from the northern terminus Orry-la-Ville – Coye to the southern terminuses Melun and Malesherbes...
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External links
- Official website
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Combs-la-Ville
- Map of Combs-la-Ville on Michelin