Torcy (French pronunciation: [tɔʁsi]) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, north-central France. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, 21.8 km (13.5 mi) from the center of Paris.

Torcy
The town hall in Torcy
The town hall in Torcy
Coat of arms of Torcy
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Torcy
Map
Torcy is located in France
Torcy
Torcy
Torcy is located in Île-de-France (region)
Torcy
Torcy
Coordinates: 48°51′01″N 2°39′03″E / 48.8502°N 2.6508°E / 48.8502; 2.6508
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementTorcy
CantonTorcy
IntercommunalityCA Paris - Vallée de la Marne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Guillaume Le Lay-Felzine[1]
Area
1
6.00 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
22,444
 • Density3,700/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77468 /77200
Elevation37–106 m (121–348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Torcy is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arrondissement. The commune of Torcy is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.

Transport edit

Torcy is served by Torcy station on Paris RER line A.

Demographics edit

Inhabitants of Torcy are called Torcéens.

The suburbanization and affluence of the Vietnamese population in France has resulted in a demographic shift in Torcy since the 1980s. Vietnamese businesses and community organizations have been established in Torcy, and the commune, along with nearby Ivry-sur-Seine, contains one of the highest concentrations of Vietnamese people in France at 10% to 20% of the population.[3] As of 1998, about 5-6% of the city's population is made up of East Asians.[4]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 725—    
1800 703−0.44%
1806 701−0.05%
1821 758+0.52%
1831 695−0.86%
1836 703+0.23%
1841 692−0.31%
1846 715+0.66%
1851 727+0.33%
1856 812+2.24%
1861 796−0.40%
1866 863+1.63%
1872 865+0.04%
1876 979+3.14%
1881 1,171+3.65%
1886 1,220+0.82%
1891 1,416+3.02%
1896 1,405−0.16%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,499+1.30%
1906 1,726+2.86%
1911 1,795+0.79%
1921 1,901+0.58%
1926 1,971+0.73%
1931 1,993+0.22%
1936 1,883−1.13%
1946 1,857−0.14%
1954 2,212+2.21%
1962 3,221+4.81%
1968 3,401+0.91%
1975 4,800+5.05%
1982 12,279+14.36%
1990 18,681+5.39%
1999 21,595+1.62%
2007 22,117+0.30%
2012 23,471+1.20%
2017 22,568−0.78%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Education edit

There are ten public primary school groups (preschool and elementary) in Torcy, along with three junior high schools and one senior high school.[7]

Junior high schools:

  • Collège de l'Arche-Guédon
  • Collège Louis-Aragon
  • Collège Victor-Schoelcher

Senior high school

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ La communauté asiatique met le cap à l'est Le Parisien, 16 November 2011 (in French)
  4. ^ Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas. Hong Kong University Press, 1 January 1998. ISBN 9622094465, 9789622094468. CITED: p. 198.
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Torcy, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ "Établissements scolaires." Torcy, Seine-et-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. - Click the tabs to switch from primary schools to "collèges" (junior high schools) and "lycées" (senior high schools).

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