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Sept-Sorts () is a
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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
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in north-central
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, east of
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. It was the site of the Sept-Sorts ramming attack.


Name

The name ''Sept-Sorts'' comes from Latin septum, seven and ancient French sourt, spring. Sept Sorts means seven springs.


Demographics

Inhabitants of Sept-Sorts are called ''Septsortais''.


See also

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Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Seine-et-Marne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
Communes of Seine-et-Marne {{SeineMarne-geo-stub