Champigny-sur-Marne

Champigny-sur-Marne was originally called simply Champigny. The name Champigny ultimately comes from Medieval Latin Campaniacum, meaning "estate of Campanius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Champigny-sur-Marne (meaning "Champigny upon Marne"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Champigny. ==History==

The Hôtel de Ville was established as an orphanage operated by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and only opened for municipal use in 1931. ==Demographics==

Champigny-sur-Marne is served by Les Boullereaux – Champigny station on Paris RER line E. Champigny-sur-Marne is also served by Champigny station on Paris RER line A. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, lies immediately across the river Marne from the town center of Champigny-sur-Marne and is thus used by people in Champigny. The Paris Métro is planned to eventually serve the center of Champigny; the new station will be located along RN4, near the railway bridge known as Pont de la Plage. ==Education==

Primary schools: • Preschools: Nine for the 9e circonscription and 7 for the 18e circonscription • Elementary schools: Seven for the 9e circonscription and 6 for the 18e circonscription Secondary schools: • Junior high schools: Collège Willy-Ronis and Collège Paul-Vaillant-Couturier • Senior high schools: Lycée Louise Michel, Lycée Marx-Dormoy, Lycée Langevin-Wallon, Lycée professionnel Gabriel-Péri In addition Lycée professionnel et technologique Samuel-de-Champlain is in nearby Chennevières-sur-Marne == Notable people ==

• Djamel Belmadi (born 27 March 1976) is a retired Algerian footballer and was most recently manager of the Algeria National Football Team. • Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (born 17 January 1998) is a professional footballer, currently plays as a midfielder most recently for Italian club Salernitana. • Yan Valery (born 22 February 1999) is a French-Tunisian professional footballer, currently plays as a right-back for Sheffield Wednesday. • Adrien Regattin (born 22 August 1991) is a Moroccan professional footballer, currently plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Iğdır. • Samuel Benchetrit (born 26 June 1973) is a French writer, actor, scenarist and director[1]. He is of Moroccan-Jewish descent. • Nicolas Senzemba (born 25 March 1996) is a French footballer who currently plays for Le Touquet. • Cyréna Samba-Mayela (born 31 October 2000) is a French athlete who competes in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. French national record to 7.73 seconds. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Samba-Mayela won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles event. • James Ruffier (born 20 February 1974) is a French racing driver ==International relations==

Champigny-sur-Marne is twinned with: • Alpiarça, Portugal • Bernau bei Berlin, Germany • Jalapa, Nicaragua • Musselburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom • Rosignano Marittimo, Italy ==See also==