Villiers-en-Bière
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Melun | |
| Canton | Fontainebleau | |
| Community association | Melun Val de Seine | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 30 ′ N , 2 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 60-92 m | |
| surface | 10.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 211 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77190 | |
| INSEE code | 77518 | |
| Website | www.mairievilliersenbiere.fr | |
 Town Hall ( Mairie ) |
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Villiers-en-Bière is a commune with 211 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 and the canton of Fontainebleau (until 2015: canton of Perthes ). The inhabitants are called Villiers-en-Bièrois .
geography
Villiers-en-Bière is located about six kilometers southwest of Melun on the Ru de la Marre aux Evées stream . The Fontainebleau forest is to the south. The municipality is located in the Gâtinais français Regional Nature Park . The municipality is surrounded by Dammarie-les-Lys in the north and north-east, Fontainebleau in the east and south-east, Chailly-en-Bière in the south and south-east, Perthes in the south-west and Boissise-le-Roi in the west and north-west. The former route nationale 7 (today's D607) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 84 | 81 | 59 | 67 | 158 | 196 | 214 | 224 |
Attractions
- Saint-Éloi church from the 13th century
- Ruins of Fortoiseau Castle with old chapel (destroyed in 1944)
- Castle and domain of Le Bréau
Personalities
- Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680–1754), comedy poet
- Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797–1886), mathematician and physicist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 1228.
