Rozay-en-Brie
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Provins | |
| Canton | Fontenay-Trésigny | |
| Community association | Val Briard | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 81-110 m | |
| surface | 3.17 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,826 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 891 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77540 | |
| INSEE code | 77393 | |
| Website | http://www.rozay-en-brie.fr/ | |
 Rozay-en-Brie Town Hall |
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Rozay-en-Brie is a French commune with 2,826 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Provins and the canton of Fontenay-Trésigny . The inhabitants are called Rozéens .
geography
Rozay-en-Brie is located about 50 kilometers southeast of Paris in the Brie countryside . In the north of the municipality the Yerres flows . Rozay-en-Brie is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux in the north, Voinsles in the east and Bernay-Vilbert in the south and southwest.
Route nationale 4 (formerly Route nationale 304 ) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,483 | 1,521 | 1,768 | 1.914 | 2,380 | 2,613 | 2,703 | 2,816 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church from the 12th century, later renovations, monument historique since 1862
- numerous half-timbered houses
- Remains of the earlier fortifications (partly monument historique since 1935)
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Rozay-en-Brie
Personalities
- Claudine de Culam (probably around 1585–1601), accused of zoophilia and hanged after the evidence
- Christian Jacob (* 1959), politician (UMP)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 1345-1351.
Web links
Commons : Rozay-en-Brie - collection of images, videos and audio files
