Seine-et-Marne
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Seine-et-Marne | |||
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Department | |||
 Prefecture building of the Seine-et-Marne department, in Melun | |||
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 Location of Seine-et-Marne in France | |||
| Coordinates: 48°36′N 03°00′E / 48.600°N 3.000°E / 48.600; 3.000Coordinates: 48°36′N 03°00′E / 48.600°N 3.000°E / 48.600; 3.000 | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Île-de-France | ||
| Prefecture | Melun | ||
| Subprefectures | Fontainebleau Meaux Provins Torcy | ||
| Government | |||
| • President of the General Council | Jean-Jacques Barbaux | ||
| Area 1 | |||
| • Total | 5,915 km2 (2,284 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 1,397,665 | ||
| • Rank | 10th | ||
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Department number | 77 | ||
| Arrondissements | 5 | ||
| Cantons | 23 | ||
| Communes | 510 | ||
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |||
Seine-et-Marne (pronounced [sɛn e maʁn]) is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.
Contents
1 History
2 Economy
3 Climate
4 Geography
4.1 Principal towns
5 Demographics
5.1 Place of birth of residents
6 Politics
6.1 Current National Assembly Representatives
7 Tourism
8 See also
9 Bibliography
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]
Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of 22 December 1789. It had previously belonged to the former province of Île-de-France.
Economy[edit]
Wheat field near Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry
With 60% of the region used as farmland, Seine-et-Marne is where most agricultural activity occurs within the Île-de-France. Cereals and sugar beet are the principal exports from Seine-et-Marne.
The other key industrial structures are the refinery at Grandpuits and the Snecma research plant. The two new towns are the centre of tourism for the department, mainly due to theme parks such as Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris.
Climate[edit]
Seine-et-Marne has a temperate Atlantic climate. The average rainfall is based upon that of Fontainebleau, giving an average rainfall of 650 mm (25.6 in), which is higher than the average of Île-de-France (600 mm (23.6 in)). Average temperature in Melun during the 1953–2002 period was 3.2 °C (37.8 °F) for January and 18.6 °C (65.5 °F) for July.
The storm of 26 December 1999 led to five deaths in Seine-et-Marne and caused several trees to fall.
Geography[edit]
Seine-et-Marne forms a part of the Île-de-France region; the department covers 49% of the region's land area. It is bordered by Val-d'Oise, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Essonne to the West; Loiret and Yonne to the South; Aube and Marne to the East; and Aisne and Oise to the North.
The department has many natural reserves, notably Brie and Gâtinais.
The highest point of the département is Saint-George's Hill (215 m).
Principal towns[edit]
| Rank | Commune | Canton | Arrondissement | Population |
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| 1 | Meaux | Meaux | Meaux | 53,766 |
| 2 | Chelles | Chelles | Torcy | 53,569 |
| 3 | Melun | Melun | Melun | 40,066 |
| 4 | Pontault-Combault | Pontault-Combault | Torcy | 37,847 |
| 5 | Savigny-le-Temple | Savigny-le-Temple | Melun | 30,068 |
| 6 | Villeparisis | Villeparisis | Torcy | 25,889 |
| 7 | Bussy-Saint-Georges | Torcy | Torcy | 25,419 |
| 8 | Champs-sur-Marne | Champs-sur-Marne | Torcy | 24,913 |
| 9 | Torcy | Torcy | Torcy | 23,669 |
| 10 | Roissy-en-Brie | Pontault-Combault | Torcy | 22,559 |
| 11 | Combs-la-Ville | Combs-la-Ville | Melun | 22,086 |
| 12 | Dammarie-lès-Lys | Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry | Melun | 21,094 |
| 13 | Lagny-sur-Marne | Lagny-sur-Marne | Torcy | 20,718 |
| 14 | Le Mée-sur-Seine | Savigny-le-Temple | Melun | 20,713 |
| 15 | Ozoir-la-Ferrière | Ozoir-la-Ferrière | Torcy | 19,917 |
Demographics[edit]
People from Seine-et-Marne are known as the Seine-et-Marnais.
Originally Seine-et-Marne was very rural and lightly populated. Over the past 50 years, however, its population has tripled, due to the development of the Paris conurbation and the building of new towns in the northwest of the region. The population was estimated to be 1,267,496 inhabitants in 2006. The region has changed from consisting only of small villages to forming a large part of the Paris conurbation.
Seine-et-Marne as a whole shares a sister city relationship with Orlando, Florida, United States, as both host Disney theme parks.
Place of birth of residents[edit]
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Politics[edit]
Current National Assembly Representatives[edit]
| Constituency | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Seine-et-Marne's 1st constituency | Aude Luquet | MoDem | |
Seine-et-Marne's 2nd constituency | Valérie Lacroute | The Republicans | |
Seine-et-Marne's 3rd constituency | Yves Jégo | Union of Democrats and Independents | |
Seine-et-Marne's 4th constituency | Christian Jacob | The Republicans | |
Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency | Franck Riester | The Republicans | |
Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency | Jean-François Parigi | The Republicans | |
Seine-et-Marne's 7th constituency | Rodrigue Kokouendo | La République En Marche! | |
Seine-et-Marne's 8th constituency | Jean-Michel Fauvergue | La République En Marche! | |
Seine-et-Marne's 9th constituency | Michèle Peyron | La République En Marche! | |
Seine-et-Marne's 10th constituency | Stéphanie Do | La République En Marche! | |
Seine-et-Marne's 11th constituency | Olivier Faure | Socialist Party | |
Tourism[edit]
- Collège de Juilly
- Forest of Fontainebleau
Throne Room in the Palace of Fontainebleau
The walls of the medieval city of Provins
Vaux-le-Vicomte
Knights Templar's commandry in Coulommiers
See also[edit]
- Cantons of the Seine-et-Marne department
- Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
- Arrondissements of the Seine-et-Marne department
Bibliography[edit]
- Lion, Christian, La Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne contre l'incendie de 1819 à 1969. Mutualité, assurance et cycles de l'incendie (Bruxelles etc., Peter Lang, 2008).
References[edit]
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^ http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seine-et-Marne. |
(in French) Prefecture website
(in French) General Council website
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