Marines, Val-d'Oise

Marines
Commune
The town hall of Marines
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°08′45″N 1°59′04″E / 49.1458°N 1.9844°E / 49.1458; 1.9844Coordinates: 49°08′45″N 1°59′04″E / 49.1458°N 1.9844°E / 49.1458; 1.9844
Country	France
Region	��le-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Pontoise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine Ninot
Area 1	8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,459
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95370 /95640
Elevation	90–204 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.

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

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marines (Val-d'Oise).

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (in English)
• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (in French)

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