Marly-la-Ville (French pronunciation: [maʁli la vil] ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France, 25 km north of Paris.

Thomas-François Dalibard lived at 15 rue du Colonel Fabien, a classical eighteenth-century mansion.

He was a naturalist and a disciple of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon.

He translated and published the works of Carl Linnaeus thus introducing Linnaean nomenclature in France.

Also a devoted physicist, he tested the experimental ideas of Benjamin Franklin at his house, completing the first capture electrical charge from lightning.