Marines, Val-d'Oise

Marines (French pronunciation: [maʁin] (listen)) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Marines
Commune
The town hall of Marines
Coat of arms
Location of Marines
Marines
Marines
Coordinates: 49°08′45″N 1°59′04″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentVal-d'Oise
ArrondissementPontoise
CantonPontoise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Nadine Ninot
Area
1
8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,481
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
95370 /95640
Elevation90–204 m (295–669 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Twinning

Marines has been twinned with the town of Kington in England since 1979.[2] The two places are of a similar population. In Marines there is a residential side-street called "Place Kington", whilst in Kington there is a covered space by the market hall called "Place-de-Marines".

The château de Marines, by Paul Cézanne, 1888-90

Education

Schools in Marines:[3]

  • Ecole maternelle des Murgers (preschool)
  • Ecole élémentaire Paul Cézanne
  • Collège des Hautiers (junior high school)

Trivia

Marines is located next to a village called Us. In the surrounding area, both villages are indicated with signs showing both names listed, which reads as "US MARINES". A regular joke in the region is to make people believe that these signs indicate a nearby U.S Marine Corps base.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Kington Town Council Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Twin towns
  3. "Les établissements scolaires." Marines, Val-d'Oise. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.


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