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Flag of Val-de-Marne - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 27 March 2024
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Code: 94
Region: Île-de-France
Traditional province:
Île-de-France
Bordering departments: Paris,
Seine-et-Marne,
Essonne,
Hauts-de-Seine
Area: 245 km2
Population (2017): 1,387,926 inhabitants
Préfecture: Créteil
Sous-préfectures: L'Haÿ-les-Roses,
Nogent-sur-Marne
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 25 cantons, 47 municipalities.
The department is named after river Marne (525 km),
tributary of the Seine.
The Law of 10 July 1964 on the reorganization of the region of Paris, with effect on 1 January 1968, suppressed the departments of Seine and Seine-et-Oise. The department of Val-de-Marne was made of 29 municipalities from Seine and 18 municipalities from Seine-et-Oise.
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2019
Olivier Touzeau, 27 March 2024
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Former flags of Val-de-Marne, two versions- Images by Olivier Touzeau, 27 March 2024 and 19 May 2019
The flag of Val-de-Marne after 2015 was white with the department's logo in blue. In 2015, General Councils were renamed to Departmental Councils. Accordingly the words "Conseil général" were replaced by the words "Le Département".
Although this flag can still be seen in use,
in September 2018, the Departmental Council modified its logo.
The motto “Département utile†(useful department) was added
to protest against the project to suppress the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.
A cyan blue flag with the logo in white (photo) has been seen in demonstrations.
Olivier Touzeau, 19 May 2019
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Flag of the former General Council of Val-de-Marne - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 16 May 2019
The flag of the former General Council of Val-de-Marne was blue with the logo of the department adopted in 2006.
The logo was revamped after "an analysis of the visual
environment and a survey of the perception of the former logo by the
inhabitants of the department". This thorough
study yielded three "invariants":
- the "VM" pictogram, symbolizing both the initials of the
department's name and the confluency of rivers Seine and Marne (which
is not situated in the neighbouring department of Seine-et-Marne!), placed in a blue cyan cartouche with a very narrow framing. The
contrast between the curves of "VM" and the straight frame symbolizes
the great diversity of the department and the commitment of public
service.
- cyan blue as an identity colour, representing water, a significant
element in the environment of the department. Unusual in the urban
context, the blue colour shall allow a quick and distinct
identification of the General Council.
- a textual design full of meaning, made of a reference to the
territory in bold capital letters ("VAL MARNE", in the MAC/VAL font
designed for the use of the Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-
Marne), of a cursive "de" forming the transition between VAL and
MARNE and emphasizing the human dimension of the authority, and of
"Conseil général" in italics (Myriad font), emphasizing the public and
institutional dimension of the institution.
The colour specifications for cyan blue are:
Pantone Process Cyan;
RVB 0 157 224;
RAL 230 60 40;
Quadri Cyan 100%;
HTML #009de0.
[Graphic Charter]
Olivier Touzeau & Ivan Sache, 17 November 2009
