Le Mée-sur-Seine
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Melun | |
| Canton | Savigny-le-Temple | |
| Community association | Melun Val de Seine | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 32 ' N , 2 ° 38' E | |
| height | 37-80 m | |
| surface | 5.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 20,816 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,898 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77350 | |
| INSEE code | 77285 | |
| Website | http://www.le-mee-sur-seine.fr/ | |
 Notre Dame de la Nativité church |
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Le Mée-sur-Seine is a French commune with 20,816 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Melun and until its dissolution was the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Le Mée-sur-Seine , since then it has belonged to the canton of Savigny-le-Temple .
geography
Le Mée-sur-Seine is about two and a half kilometers west-northwest of Melun on the Seine . On the opposite bank of the Seine, in the south, lies the municipality of Dammarie-les-Lys . In the northwest is Vert-Saint-Denis . To the west lies Boissise-le-Bertrand and southwest Boissettes . Paris is 41 kilometers north-north-west of Le Mée-sur-Seine.
Le Mée-sur-Seine is divided into the quarters Le Mée Village, La Croix Blanche, Plein Ciel, Les Courtilleraies-Gare and Les Courtilleraies-Circé.
history
The Senones are said to have settled here around the birth of Christ. In 1225 the place is mentioned as Mas . The first church was not built until 1771.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
| Residents | 1,391 | 4,426 | 10,056 | 13,917 | 20,933 | 21,217 | 20,580 | 20,609 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Mée-sur-Seine
- Chapu Museum
Personalities
- Jacques Philippe Avice (1759-1835), General
- François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826), actor
- Anne-Françoise-Hippolyte Boutet , known as Mademoiselle Mars (1779–1847), actress
- Henri Chapu (1833-1891), sculptor
- François-Marie Firmin-Girard (1838–1921), painter of realism
- Henri-Auguste Patey (1855–1930), sculptor, student of Chapus
- Gaston Carraud (1864–1920), composer
- Renée Saint-Cyr (1904-2004), actress
- Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), fashion designer, owner of a city villa in Le Mée-sur-Seine
- Willy Denzeur (* 1982), singer
- Clément Chantôme (* 1987), football player
Community partnerships
- Meckenheim , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Pozoblanco , Andalusia, Spain
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 837-841.
