Gretz-Armainvilliers
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Torcy | |
| Canton | Ozoir-la-Ferrière | |
| Community association | Les Portes Briardes between Villes et Forêts | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 ' N , 2 ° 44' E | |
| height | 86-114 m | |
| surface | 13.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,657 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 641 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77220 | |
| INSEE code | 77215 | |
| Website | http://www.gretz-armainvilliers.fr/ | |
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Gretz-Armainvilliers is a French municipality with 8657 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . The municipality is located in the Brie region .
location
The place Tournan-en-Brie is located east, the place Chevry-Cossigny is located southwest of Gretz-Armainvilliers. Paris is 32 kilometers away to the west.
Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, built from the 13th century
Personalities
The aviation pioneer Clément Ader carried out experiments with a self-built flying machine here in 1890, but these were unsuccessful.
The place is best known as the birthplace of Maurice Papon (1910-2007). Despite his function in the Vichy regime in the post-war period, he was a senior civil servant, police prefect of Paris and a minister before he was charged and convicted of his involvement in the deportation of Jews. From 1955 to 1958 he was mayor of his hometown.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 1438-1441.
