Vaires-sur-Marne

Vaires-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [vɛːʁ syʁ maʁn] ^ⓘ; lit. ''Vaires-on-Marne') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France.

Vaires-sur-Marne
Commune
The town hall of Vaires-sur-Marne
Coat of arms
Location of Vaires-sur-Marne
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Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°39′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.65°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Torcy
Canton	Villeparisis
Intercommunality	CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Edmonde Jardin[1]
Area 1	6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	13,518
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Demonym	Vairois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77479 /77360
Elevation	38–52 m (125–171 ft)
Website	www.vairessurmarne.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaires-sur-Marne is at the western end of the LGV Est high-speed railway, reaching Vendenheim (near Strasbourg) in the east. Vaires–Torcy station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris. It was spectacularly blown up in John Frankenheimer's 1964 film The Train.

It is one of the venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Inhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are called Vairois (masculine) and Vairoises (feminine) in French.

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

• Official site (in French)