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Villejuif
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Villejuif
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Coordinates: 48°47′31″N 2°21′49″E / 48.7919°N 2.3636°E / 48.7919; 2.3636
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Canton	Villejuif-Est (Chef-lieu) Villejuif-Ouest (Chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Val de Bièvre
Government
• Mayor	Franck Le Bohellec
Area 1	5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	53,240
• Density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	94076 /94800
Elevation	62–130 m (203–427 ft)
Website	[1]
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villejuif is a town and commune in the southest suburb of Paris, France. It is in the Île-de-France region and the Val-de-Marne department. About 53,240 people lived there in 2008.

Education[change | change source]

The biotechnology engineering school Sup'Biotech is located at Villejuif. A campus of the computer science schools EPITA and École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies is also located in the commune.

Twin towns[change | change source]

• Dunaujvaros, Hungary
• Mirandola, Italy
• Neubrandenburg, Germany
• Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
• Yambol, Bulgaria

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