Le Châtelet-en-Brie

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Le Châtelet-en-Brie
Coat of arms of Le Châtelet-en-Brie
Le Châtelet-en-Brie (France)
Le Châtelet-en-Brie
region Île-de-France
Department Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement Melun
Canton Nangis
Community association Brie des Rivières et Châteaux
Coordinates 48 ° 30 '  N , 2 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '  N , 2 ° 48'  E
height 57-113 m
surface 22.71 km 2
Residents 4,454 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 196 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 77820
INSEE code
Website http://www.chatelet-en-brie.fr/

Le Châtelet-en-Brie town hall

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Le Châtelet-en-Brie is a French commune with 4454 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 Melun in the canton of Nangis . The inhabitants call themselves Châtelains .

geography

The municipalities include Le Traveteau , Saveteux , La Gatellerie and Le Domaine . Le Châtelet-en-Brie is on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest . Neighboring municipalities are Sivry-Courtry in the north and west, La Chapelle-Gauthier in the north and northeast, Les Écrennes in the east, Pamfou in the southeast, Machault and Féricy in the south and Fontaine-le-Port in the southwest.

The A5 car route and the former national route 5bis run through the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,170 1,208 2,193 3,724 3,980 4,532 4,440 4,413

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Châtelet-en-Brie

  • Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church from the 13th century, 42 m high bell tower, monument historique since 1921
  • Park and chapel of Sainte-Reine
  • Wash house
  • Dames Castle with park
  • Hôtel de ville (town hall), built in 1882/83

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 232-237.

Web links

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