Val-de-Marne is a French department, named subsequent to the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is located to the southeast of the city of Paris. Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the River of Marne, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is positioned to the southeast of the city of Paris. Val-de-Marne is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 47 communities. The Val-de-Marne sits at the convergence of the Seine and Marne rivers to the southeast of Paris. It is countryside of plains, plateaus and forests.

Val de Marne also identified as the ‘Petite Couronne’, with a inhabitants of greater than 1.2 million, the Val-de-Marne has 15 kms of the Seine and 24 kms of the Marne running through the department. River tourism is one of the supreme assets of this department, with a variety of river ports of which the marina at Nogent sur Marne is one of the most sizeable. The Banks of the Marne involved the attentions of such artists as Pissaro, Bac de la Varenne, Cézanne Pont de Créteil, Utrillo and Brayer.