Marines, Val-d'Oise

Commune in Île-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Nadine Ninot^[1]Area8.26 km² (3.19 sq mi)Population3,422 • Density410/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation90–204 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] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,021	—
1975	2,074	+0.37%
1982	2,144	+0.48%
1990	2,495	+1.91%
1999	2,925	+1.78%
2007	3,199	+1.13%
2012	3,373	+1.06%
2017	3,481	+0.63%
Source: INSEE[3]

Twinning

Marines has been twinned with the town of Kington in England since 1979.^[4] 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".

Education

Schools in Marines:^[5]

• 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

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