The Communauté de communes Deux Morin is a French federation of

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

(''

communauté de communes A (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (intercommunality). As of 1 J ...

'') located in the

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...

department in the

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...

region.

History

As part of the provisions of the law on the new territorial organization of the Republic (Loi NOTRe) of August 7, 2015, which requires that inter-municipal cooperation public bodies with their own tax system must have a minimum of 15,000 inhabitants (and 5,000 inhabitants in mountain areas), the prefect of Seine-et-Marne approved a new departmental scheme of inter-municipal cooperation (SDCI) which notably provides for the merger of the communities of communes of la Brie des Morin and Cœur de la Brie. Thus, the ''communauté de communes des Deux Morin'' was created on January 1, 2017, by prefectural decree of December 19, 2016. It resulted from the merger of the former communities of la Brie des Morin (21 communes) and Cœur de la Brie (10 communes).

Community territory

Description

The community manages a rural territory located in

, on the border between the

and

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regions, between the

Petit Morin The Petit Morin (, literally ''Little Morin'') is an river in France, a left tributary of the Marne. Its source is in the commune Val-des-Marais. Its course crosses the departments of Marne, Aisne and Seine-et-Marne. It flows westwards through th ...

and

Grand Morin The Grand Morin (, literally ''Great Morin'') is a long river in France, left tributary of the Marne. Its source is near the village of Lachy. Its course crosses the departments of Marne and Seine-et-Marne. It flows westwards through the towns ...

rivers, which give it its name. This territory is approximately equidistant from the economic centers of

Meaux Meaux () is a Communes of France, commune on the river Marne (river), Marne in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, Franc ...

Provins Provins () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. Known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and importance througho ...

, Coulommiers, and

Château-Thierry Château-Thierry (; Picard: ''Catieu-Thierry'') is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne, in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, and in the historic Province of Champagne. The origin of the name of the town is u ...

. Economically, it was severely affected by two factory closures in 2019: the

Arjowiggins Arjowiggins was an independent paper manufacturer which at one time had mills in England, Scotland, France and the US. The company was liquidated in 2019, and several brands were acquired by Fedrigoni and Antalis among others. History The com ...

paper mill (220 employees) and the

Villeroy & Boch Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a French-German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland. History The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set ...

faience factory (113 employees), and lost its railway service in 2002 previously provided by the Gretz-Armainvilliers to Sézanne line, although a reopening project is being considered.

Composition

In 2024, the сommunauté de communes Deux Morin is made up of the following 31 communes:

References

{{Reflist Intercommunalities of Seine-et-Marne Commune communities in France