Emerainville (Municipality, Seine-et-Marne, France)

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Presentation of Emerainville

The city of Emerainville (7,252 inhabitants) is located in the sector II of the ville nouvelle de Marne-la-Vallée, built east of Paris. The sector II is called Val Maubuée and includes the municipalities of Champs-sur-Marne, Croissy-Beaubourg, Emerainville, Lognes, Noisiel and Torcy. The municipality of Emerainville has an area of 743 ha, including 185 ha of woods and 100 ha of industrial parks.

The municipal territories encompasses the territories of Emerainville sensu stricto, Courcerin and Malnoue.
Emerainville was called in the past Emeriacum, Hermery, Hémery, Ermery, Emery etc. The origin of the name is obscure, maybe Germanic (Haim rich). The suffix -ville was added under the First Empire.

Courcerin (or Courcerain) was a small hamlet with 7-10 houses, which disappeared around 1700, although the toponym still exists.

Malnoue (Malenoue, Mala Noa, Malle-Noux) is the third part of the municipality and also has an obscure origin. Its name might come from the brook of Noue (from Latin noda / noa, wet land). However, the brook was called on ancient maps Grace and not Noue. Another explanation refers to the bad (mal) quality of the land, which was too wet to be