La Chapelle-Rablais () is a

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in the

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...

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in the

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in north-central

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. Its inhabitants are called the ''Capello-Rablaisiens''.

Geography

Location

La Chapelle-Rablais is located in the heart of

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, 8 km (4.97 miles) southwest of

Nangis Nangis () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Nangis station has rail connections to Provins, Longueville and Paris. Coat of arms Azure with six argent roundels. Demographics The i ...

Bordering municipalities

Geology and relief

The town is classified in seismicity zone 1, corresponding to a very low seismicity.

Hydrography

The municipality's hydrographic system consists of nine referenced rivers: * the Almont (or ru d'Ancœur or ru de Courtenain), which is 42.15 km long and a tributary of the

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, as well as; ** the Courtenain arm, 0.53 km ; ** the ditch 01 of the Grand Buisson du Mée, 1.35 km, and; ** Mauny stream 01, 1.16 km, tributaries of the Almont; *** the ditch 01 of the Bois de Putemuse, 1.04 km , tributary of the stream 01 of Mauny; * the Ru de Villefermoy, 8.19 km ; ** the Ru des Prés des Vallées, 3.97 km , and; ** the ditch 02 of the Bois de la Chapelle, 3.61 km, and; ** the ditch 01 of the Forêt Domaniale de Villefermoy, 2.95 km, which merges with the ru de Villefermoy. The overall linear length of watercourses in the municipality is .

Communication and Transport Routes

The closest station to the town is the

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on the Paris-Est - Provins line of the Transilien Paris-Est network. This line is now served by new Bombardier B 82500 dual-energy trains .

Urbanism

Localities, deviations and districts

The town has 47 administrative localities listed including ''

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,'' and ''Les Moyeux'' .

Land use

In 2018, the territory of the municipality was 53.4% being forest land, 40.3%

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, 4.6% of urbanized areas and 1.7% of artificial green spaces that were of non-agricultural purpose