Seine-et-Marne department

Seine-et-Marne
region	Île-de-France
prefecture	Melun
Sub-prefecture (s)	Fontainebleau Meaux Provins Torcy
Residents	1,403,997 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	237 inhabitants per km²
surface	5,914.27 km²
Arrondissements	5
Community associations	23
Cantons	23
Communities	507
President of the Department Council	Jean-Jacques Barbaux
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-77
Location of the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France

The Seine-et-Marne [ sɛnemaʀn ] is the French department with the atomic number 77. It is in the Region Ile-de-France east of Paris and on the rivers Seine and Marne named.

geography

The department borders in the west with the departments Essonne , Val-de-Marne , Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-d'Oise , in the north with the department Oise , in the northeast with the department Aisne , in the east with the departments Marne and Aube , to the southeast to the Yonne department and to the south to the Loiret department .

A small part in the west of the department has meanwhile grown together with the Paris metropolitan area, namely cities like Chelles or Villeparisis . The eastern part of the department is still mainly rural.

The most important rivers are the eponymous Marne and Seine, which cross the department in the north and south in a westerly direction, and the Yonne , which flows into the Seine from the south-east in Montereau-Fault-Yonne .

In the south-west of the department lies the Fontainebleau Forest and the Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park, a large contiguous nature reserve.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790. Most of the area belongs to the historical regions of Brie and Gâtinais , which belonged to the pre-revolutionary province of Île-de-France , the northeast belonged to the province of Champagne .

coat of arms

Description : golden lilies seeded in blue and two silver wavy bars .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Seine-et-Marne department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Chelles	54,917	Torcy
Meaux	54.991	Meaux
Melun	40.032	Melun
Pontault-Combault	37,747	Torcy
Savigny-le-Temple	29,984	Melun
Bussy-Saint-Georges	27,379	Torcy
Villeparisis	26,322	Torcy
Champs-sur-Marne	25,041	Torcy
Torcy	22,568	Torcy
Roissy-en-Brie	22,994	Torcy

Administrative division

The Seine-et-Marne department is divided into 5 arrondissements , 23 cantons and 510 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Seine-et-Marne department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Fontainebleau	4th	85	155,666	1,228.66	127	774
Meaux	7th	142	345,928	1,355.85	255	771
Melun	7th	59	279,465	614.38	455	772
Provins	7th	176	188,637	2,360.59	80	773
Torcy	8th	45	434,301	354.79	1,224	775
Seine-et-Marne department	23	507	1,403,997	5,914.27	237	77

See also:

• List of communes in the Seine-et-Marne department
• List of cantons in the Seine-et-Marne department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Seine-et-Marne department

Memorials

The German war cemetery of Solers is located 50 km southeast of Paris and on the outskirts of Solers . 2,228 German soldiers from World War II are buried here.

Press

See also : La République de Seine-et-Marne

literature

• Christian Lion: La Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne contre l'incendie de 1819 à 1969. Mutualité, assurance et cycles de l'incendie. Peter Lang, Brussels etc. 2008.

Web links

Commons : Seine-et-Marne department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Seine-et-Marne (French)
• Prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cg77.fr accessed on May 2, 2015
2. ^ Internet site of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (work and description of the Solers cemetery) .

Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '  N , 2 ° 40'  E