Lognes
| Lognes | |
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 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs |
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| Coordinates: 48°50′10″N 2°37′40″E / 48.836°N 2.6278°ECoordinates: 48°50′10″N 2°37′40″E / 48.836°N 2.6278°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Champs-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Ricart |
| Area1 | 3.37 km2 (1.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 14,768 |
| • Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77258 /77185 |
| Elevation | 70–109 m (230–358 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Lognes is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France 20.7 km (12.9 mi) from the center of Paris.
The commune of Lognes is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
The inhabitants are called the Lognots.
Lognes has the highest proportion of Asians than any town in France, with over 40% of the population being of Asian descent, almost exclusively being or having ancestry from the former colonies of French Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Ethnic business districts and community associations serving the Asian population are found throughout the city, a contrast from the quick assimilation often characteristic of the Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian populations in France.
As of 1998, 26% of the population was Asian.
Lognes is served by Lognes station on Paris RER line A.
The town has the following primary school groups (preschool and elementary school):
There are two junior high schools, Collège Le Segrais and Collège La Maillière, and one senior high school/sixth-form college, Lycée Emily Brontë.
Lognes has the following tertiary educational institutions:
Centre de formation d’apprentis SUP’TG is in Marne-la-Vallée. University of Marne-la-Vallée is in Champs-sur-Marne.
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