Dept 94 Rank #92 / 96
Val-de-Marne
Île-de-France · Nearest city: Créteil → Paris TGV
🚄 TGV
Urban
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Val-de-Marne offers superb rail links and dry comfortable weather, but sky-high property, almost no greenery and dull skies hold it back. Le Val-de-Marne offre de superbes liaisons ferroviaires et un climat sec et agréable, mais des prix immobiliers exorbitants, une quasi-absence de verdure et un ciel maussade le freinent.
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Climate
Sunshine
1,847h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
139/yr
days >50% sunlit
p27 of 96
Rain days
114/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer rain days each year.
p34 of 96
Annual rainfall
626mm/yr
total volume
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Heavy rain
3/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.2/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
17/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer hot days each year.
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Winter mildness
7/10
3.1 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.2 °C per year.
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Wind
3.4m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
3/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 more muggy days each year.
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Avg max temperature · °C
5
J
7
F
11
M
14
A
18
M
21
J
24
J
24
A
19
S
15
O
9
N
6
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+4 days · +2 so far
Tropical nights ~+15 nights · +3 so far
Frost days ~-13 days · -12 so far
Dry-soil days ~+19 days
Landscape
Landscape score
2/10
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Max elevation
130m
#2 flattest of 96
Forest cover
9.2%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Urban
Identity
Val-de-Marne is the birthplace of Eugène Delacroix (artiste peintre).
Notable figures born here
Eugène Delacroix — artiste peintreClaudette Colbert — acteurCharles V de France — monarqueVanessa Paradis — acteurPhilippe V de France — dirigeantAdrien Rabiot — footballeurRobert Doisneau — photographeAlain Poher — résistantAlexandra David-Néel — explorateurRaymond Radiguet — écrivain
Terroir & appellations
Val-de-Marne lies within protected appellation areas, including Brie de Meaux, Île-de-France.
Brie de MeauxÎle-de-France
Distinctions
- Roseraie du Val-de-Marne
Risks
Safety score
6/10
Flood risk
Moderate
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
p59 of 96
Fire risk
High
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
p66 of 96
Seismic exposure
Very low
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Hazardous-materials transport Very high 95.7% p78 of 96
Ground movement High 74.5% p52 of 96
Flooding High 68.1% p63 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 6.4% p68 of 96
Transport
Transport
10/10
0.3 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
5
A4 · A6a · A6b · A86 · A106
Work locally
19.1%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Créteil → Paris TGV
✈ Airport
Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) · ~10 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
0.3h direct
🛣 Highways
A4, A6a, A6b, A86, A106
Services
Healthcare
7/10
APL 3.9
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Schools
4/10
Brevet 84%
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Fiber coverage
96%
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Intl schools
6schools
International programmes available
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People
Population
1,284,239
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Density
5212/km²
Urban
32 387
Pop trend
+0.5%/yr
+0.3 pts vs median · p72
Median income
$27,600
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
17.2%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
11.6%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 86 residents
p13 of 96 · 14,963 beds
Age distribution · % of population
0-14
18%
15-24
14%
25-39
15%
40-54
14%
55-69
18%
70+
21%
Office professionals
30.9%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
#4 highest of 96
Remote work
3.0%
télétravail · works without commuting
#3 lowest of 96
Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
30.9%
At-home trades
Farmers
0%
Artisans & shopkeepers
5.1%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
25.9%
Clerical & service staff
25.5%
Manual workers
12.5%
Real estate
Median
$5,410/m²
$3,200 $9,280
House $5,660 Apt $5,350
-2.6%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
38.4%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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