Maisons-Alfort is a town in France, in the southern suburbs of Paris. It is located in the département of Val-de-Marne.
Formerly larger, it lost a part of its territory when the commune of Alfortville was created in 1885.
The town is on the RER D line (two stations: Maisons-Alfort Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons), and also on line 8 of the Paris Métro (three stations: École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort, Maisons-Alfort Stade and Maisons-Alfort les Juilliottes).
The Fort de Charenton, constructed between 1841 and 1845, has since 1959 housed the Commandement des Écoles de la Gendarmerie Nationale.
Administration
Maisons-Alfort is divided into two cantons:
- Maisons-Alfort-Nord, with 23,704 inhabitants;
- Maisons-Alfort-Sud, with 27 399 inhabitants.
Twinning
Maisons-Alfort is twinned with Moers in the German state of North_Rhine-Westphalia.