Coulommiers

Coulommiers
region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Meaux
Canton	Coulommiers
Community association	Coulommiers Pays de Brie
Coordinates	48 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 5 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 5 ′ E
height	66–156 m
surface	10.93 km 2
Residents	14,838 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,358 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	77120
INSEE code	77131
Website	www.coulommiers.fr
	; Coulommiers Town Hall

Coulommiers is a commune with 14,838 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . The place in the historic Brie region is about 60 kilometers east of Paris , on the banks of the Grand Morin River . This is where the Coulommiers cheese originated, but is now also produced in other regions of France.

The small airfield Coulommiers-Voisins is located a few kilometers northwest on the territory of some neighboring communities.

Attractions

Sainte-Anne chapel from the 13th century ( Monument historique )
Théâtre municipal de Coulommiers , built in 1904 (Monument historique)
Former prison , built in 1850 (Monument historique)
Halle aux fromages , a market hall built in 1887
Hôtel de Ville , built between 1841 and 1844
Grange aux dîmes , built in the 13th century (Monument historique)

Town twinning

Titisee-Neustadt , Germany
Leighton Buzzard , UK

Personalities

Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632), painter
Antoine-Alexandre Barbier (1765–1825), priest, librarian and bibliographer
Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz (1793–1879), Princess of Monaco
François Cahen (1944–2011), pianist and composer
André Rene Roussimoff (Andre the Giant) (1946–1993), professional wrestler and actor
Rénelle Lamote (* 1993), athlete

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 323-331.

Web links

Commons : Coulommiers - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coulommiers at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)