La Chapelle-la-Reine
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau | |
| Canton | Fontainebleau | |
| Community association | Pays de Fontainebleau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 34 ′ E | |
| height | 109-140 m | |
| surface | 15.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,418 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 152 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77760 | |
| INSEE code | 77088 | |
| Website | www.lachapellelareine.fr | |
 La Chapelle-la-Reine town hall |
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La Chapelle-la-Reine 
is a French commune with 2,418 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Fontainebleau and the Canton of Fontainebleau . The inhabitants call themselves Chapelains .
geography
La Chapelle-la-Reine is 62 kilometers south-east of Paris. The municipality is located in the Gâtinais français Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring municipalities of La Chapelle-la-Reine are Achères-la-Forêt in the north, Ury in the north and northeast, Recloses in the northeast, Villiers-sous-Grez in the east, Larchant in the south and southeast, Amponville in the southwest, Boissy-aux-Cailles in the west and Le Vaudoué in the northwest.
| Le Vaudoué | Achères-la-Forêt | Ury |
| Boissy-aux-Cailles |
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Villiers-sous-Grez |
| Amponville | Larchant |
The Autoroute A6 and the former Route nationale 152 (here also the same route as the former Route nationale 51 ) lead through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 803 | 797 | 1,100 | 1,509 | 2.125 | 2,781 | 2,674 | 2,538 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in La Chapelle-la-Reine
- The Sainte-Geneviève church is in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was built in the 15th century as a Gothic building on the site of the smaller Romanesque church from the 12th century. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1862 .
- Remains of the castle of La Chapelle-la-Reine, destroyed in 1670 and in the 19th century.
Personalities
- Claude Testot-Ferry (1773–1856), Field Marshal, Mayor of La Chapelle-la-Reine (1816–1830)
- Henry Testot-Ferry (1826–1869), geologist and archaeologist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 144-147.
