Meaux () is a commune on the river

Marne Marne can refer to: Places France *Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine *Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river * La Marne, a commune in western France *Marne, a legislative constituency (France) Nethe ...

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 the

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France. It is east-northeast of the centre of Paris. Meaux is, with

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 ...

, Torcy and

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, one of the four subprefectures (''sous-préfectures'') of the department of

Melun Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne, ...

being the

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. In France a subprefecture is the

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(the seat or administrative capital) of an ''

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'': Meaux is the subprefecture of the

arrondissement of Meaux The arrondissement of Meaux is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 139 communes. Its population is 342,766 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of ...

. It is also the chef-lieu of a smaller administrative division: the

canton of Meaux The canton of Meaux is an administrative division of the Seine-et-Marne department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Meaux. It consists of the commune of M ...

. Finally, since its creation in 2003, Meaux has been the centre and the main town of an

agglomeration community An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes (municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a or a communauté ur ...

, the

Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux (CAPM) is a ''communauté d'agglomération'' in the Seine-et-Marne ''departments of France, département'' and in the Île-de-France ''regions of France, région'' of France. The 4 communes of the ...

Demographics

With a population of 55,416 inhabitants in 2018, Meaux is the most populous city in the Seine-et-Marne department, just before Chelles (55,148 inhabitants in 2018).Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018
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History and culture

Inhabitants of Meaux are called ''Meldois''. Both names ''Meaux'' and ''Meldois'' originated with the '' Meldi'', the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

name of the original

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

ish tribe who occupied this area of the valley of the

Marne river The Marne (; ) is a river in France, an eastern tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is long. The river gave its name to the departments of France, departments of Haute-Marne, Marne (department), Marne, Seine-et-Ma ...

. Although during the Roman period the city was called Iantinum by the Romans, the name of the Meldi persisted and was finally kept for naming both the city and its inhabitants. Meaux 140708 01

Historical buildings and monuments in Meaux are mainly located in the old city, inside the old defensive walls, still nowadays partially kept thanks to an important segment of the original surrounding wall from the

Gallo-Roman period Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire in Roman Gaul. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely ...

. A

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Channel (geography), channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erosion, erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank, cut bank or river cl ...

of the Marne river divides the old city into the North Quarter (called among the ''Meldois'' as the Cathedral Quarter) and the South Quarter (known among the locals as the Market Quarter). In the North Quarter there is the

Meaux Cathedral Meaux Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France, and a cathedral as the seat of the Bishop of Meaux. It is a historical monument of France. History Construction of the cathedral began about 1170, when ...

, the episcopal palace and its gardens (outlining the shape of a

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mitre The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, see spelling differences; both pronounced ; ) is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of ...

), the old seat of the

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(''le vieux chapitre''), part of the defensive walls (as mentioned), some keeps and towers, and the archaeological remains of the sanctuary of La Bauve, all-embracing the Gaulish period (4th, 3rd and 1st centuries BC), the era of the early Roman Empire (Gallo-Roman: 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries AD) and the early Christian Era and subsequent centuries (from the 3rd to the 18th centuries, with the remains, among others, of the Saint-Faron Abbey, demolished during the French Revolution). The South Quarter of the old city mainly includes the historic covered market and the

Canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

Cornillon, built during the Middle Ages, in the year 1235. Centuries later, in 1806, during the

Napoleonic era The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and history of Europe, Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly (French Revoluti ...

, was built the

Canal de l'Ourcq The Canal de l'Ourcq () is a long canal in the Île-de-France region (greater Paris) with 10 locks. It was built at a width of but was enlarged to 3.7 m (12 ft), which permitted use by more pleasure boats. The canal begins at Port ...

, destined to the

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when the Marne river is not navigable because of temporary sandbanks. At 73, Rue du Marché stood the house of Etienne Mangin in which he started the first Calvin-inspired Protestant church in France. The house was ordered by the Parliament in Paris to be razed and a chapel built in its place following the execution at the stake of fourteen members of the congregation for heresy in 1546. Rather than a chapel, there remains a fairly nondescript building on the site to this day with a plaque which bears the following inscription (translated): "Here stood the house of ETIENNE MANGIN in which was constructed the first Reformed Church of France. In front of this location 14 Reformists, arrested during a cult, were burned on 8 October 1546 at the decree of the Parliament in Paris on 4 October 1546. Offered by the City of Meaux 1985." Meaux is nowadays mainly known for

Brie de Meaux Brie de Meaux () is a French brie cheese of the Brie (region), Brie region and a designated Appellation d'origine contrôlée, AOC product since 1980. Its name comes from the town of Meaux in the Brie region. As of 2003, 6,774 tonnes (a decline o ...

(a variety of

Brie cheese Brie ( ; ) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie (itself from Gaulish ''briga'', "hill, height"), the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in colour with a slight gre ...

) and the local variety of

mustard Mustard may refer to: Food and plants * Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment * Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment ** Mustard seed, small, round seeds of ...

. Following the official administrative French AOC there are two designations of Brie de Meaux: ''Brie de Meaux fermier'' ("farm Brie de Meaux", made out of the milk from the cows of a single unique producer) and ''Brie de Meaux laitier'' (''laitier'', that is from the French ''lait'', "milk", which designates here an agreement, a mixture of the milk of different producers). The ''Moutarde de Meaux'' ("Meaux Mustard") recipe is since the 18th century a label commercially owned by the Pommery company and is nowadays derived not only in its traditional well known form but also in a variety of new different ingredient combinations: Honey Mustard, Green Pepper Mustard, ''Moutarde Royale'' (that latter including

Cognac Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the Communes of France, commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the Departments of France, departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime. Cogn ...

in its composition) etc. Several festivals and concerts are celebrated in Meaux, venues for live music like the Music Festival "Musik'elles" (usually at the end of every summer). There is a local public

concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind instrument, woodwind, brass ...

in Meaux: ''L'Harmonie du Pays de Meaux''. It is constituted by three different ensembles, following different ages: ''Les Minimes'' (children), ''Les Juniors'' (teenagers) and ''L'Harmonie de Meaux'' (adults). The band is also one of the two official music academies of the town. The other one is the conservatory of the city. Also, every summer for more than 30 years, during several weekends per summer, a show is played by stage actors in the esplanade situated between the cathedral and the episcopal palace: the ''Spectacle historique'' ("History show"). The show represents the history of Meaux all along the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and also, more recently, during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

(the German advance had been halted at Meaux in 1914 during the

First Battle of the Marne The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne () was a battle of the First World War fought from the 5th to the 12th September 1914. The German army invaded France with a plan for winning the war in 40 days by oc ...

). There is only one cinema in Meaux: The Majestic, a former stage theatre. In modern days there are three stage theatres in the city. One is the ''Théâtre Gérard Philippe'', a private theatre, situated close to the covered market. Not far from the market, in the same area but in a bigger and more recent building, there is the official subsidised theatre of the city, the ''Théâtre Luxembourg'', divided in two separated

auditorium An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens. Auditoriums can be found in entertainment venues, community halls, and t ...

s in the same building: the ''Salle Luxembourg'' (601 seats) and the ''Salle du Manège'' (107 seats). In an eastern area of Meaux, the Beauval quarter, there is the third stage theatre of the town, the ''Salle Champagne'' (200 seats), located in the ''Espace Caravelle'', a building dedicated to cultural activities. Private theatre companies and

community arts Community art, also known as social art, community-engaged art, community-based art, and, rarely, dialogical art, is the practice of art based in—and generated in—a community setting. It is closely related to social practice and social turn. ...

associations play in all three theatres. Two museums can be found in Meaux: the ''

Musée Bossuet The Musée Bossuet is the art and history museum of the town of Meaux, France. Situated in the old episcopal palace, it takes its name from the famous orator and theologian, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux, Bishop of Me ...

'' (located in the episcopal palace, this is the art and history museum of Meaux) and the '' Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux'' r(the largest World War I Museum in the world). The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1900.

Relevant historical episodes

Middle Ages: Siege of Meaux

The

Siege of Meaux The siege of Meaux was fought from October 1421 to May 1422 between the English and the French during the Hundred Years' War. The English were led by King Henry V. Henry became ill while pressing this long siege, which took place during the wint ...

took place between October 1421 and May 1422, during the

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy ...

between England and France. The besiegers were the English, under Henry V. The town's defence was led by the Bastard of Vaurus, notorious for his savagery. The siege commenced on October 6, 1421, and mining and bombardment soon brought down the walls. Casualties began to mount in the English army, including

John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford (c. 1389 – 13 March 1422), also known as John, Lord Clifford, 7th Lord of the Honor of Skipton, was an English peer. He was killed at the siege of Meaux, France. Family John Clifford, born about 1389, ...

who had been at the siege of Harfleur, the Battle of Agincourt, and received the surrender of Cherbourg. The English also began to fall sick rather early into the siege, and it is estimated that one sixteenth of the besiegers died from dysentery and smallpox. On 9 March 1422, the town surrendered, although the garrison held out. Under continued bombardment, the garrison gave in as well on 10 March, following a siege of six months. The Bastard of Vaurus was decapitated, as was a trumpeter named Orace, who had once mocked King Henry. Sir John Fortescue was then installed as English Captain of Meaux Castle.

World War I: First Battle of the Marne

During the

(September 1914), the German troops were stopped at the gates of Meaux. This heroic action not only prevented the city from being taken by the Germans but also changed the course of the war. In 1932, at the place of the battlefield, the people of the

United States of America The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguo ...

had a monument erected in the memory of the French soldiers fallen in action. Called, in French, ("The Tearful Liberty"), the sculpture by Frederick MacMonnies is popularly known among the French as ''Le Monument américain'' ("the American Monument"). Coordinates:
In 2011, beside the monument was built the Museum of the Great War ('' Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux'' r. The battle of Meaux September 1914

Sports

The town is represented by the

CS Meaux CS Meaux Academy Football is a French football club, based in the town of Meaux. Former players include Marc Lévy, Philippe Anziani, Francis Llacer, Frédéric Déhu, Franck Leboeuf Andrzej Zgutczyński, Joël Cantona, and the goalkeeper ...

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club. Many other sports are also practiced in Meaux like rugby or field hockey, especially water sports. There are in Meaux, for example different sporting clubs dealing with

canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian. A few of the recreational ...

(mainly practiced in the Canal de l'Ourcq),

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(the club "Asterina", named after a starfish

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, trains in the swimming pools of the city), swimming (''Club sportif Meaux Natation'').

Transport

Meaux is served by Meaux station on the

Transilien Paris – Est Transilien Line P is a railway line of the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this line travel between Gare de l'Est in central Paris and the east of Île-de-France region. Transilien services from Paris-Est are part of the SN ...

suburban rail line and on several national rail lines. The rail line connecting Paris to Meaux was established in 1849. The nowadays

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...

train station, still in use, was built in 1890. Alongside the Meaux rail station there is also the main

bus station A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can st ...

in the city, with more than 30 bus lines serving the whole eastern Paris metropolitan area.

Education

The commune has 36 public preschools and elementary schools. Public junior high schools in Meaux:Les collèges et lycées
" Meaux. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. * C.E.S. Beaumarchais * C.E.S. Camus * C.E.S. Henri Dunant * C.E.S. Frot * C.E.S. Henri IV Public senior high schools in Meaux: * Lycée Jean-Vilar * Lycée Moissan *

Lycée Pierre de Coubertin In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

* L.E.P. Charles Beaudelaire

Lycée du Gué A Tresme In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

is in nearby Congis-sur-Thérouanne. Private Catholic secondary schools: * Collège International Sainte-Marie * Lycée Technologique, Professionnel et Post-Bac Jean Rose et son UFA * Lycée Général International Bossuet et sa Filière Supérieure

People

Yechiel of Paris Yechiel ben Joseph of Paris or Jehiel of Paris, called Sire Vives in French ( Judeo-French: ) and Vivus Meldensis ("Vives of Meaux") in Latin, was a major Talmudic scholar and Tosafist from northern France, father-in-law of Isaac ben Joseph of C ...

, rabbi and

Tosafist The Tosafot, Tosafos or Tosfot () are medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed, in almost all Talmud editions, on the outer margin and opposite Rashi's notes. The authors of the Tosafot ...

, originally from Meaux * John de Cheam died and is buried in Meaux. *

Philippe de Vitry Philippe de Vitry (31 October 12919 June 1361) was a French composer-poet, bishop and Music theory, music theorist in the style of late medieval music. An accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, he was widely acknowledged as a le ...

, bishop of Meaux as of 1351, musical composer and author of the '' Ars Nova Notandi'' treatise. * Jean Mocquet, traveller and royal apothecary. *

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and theology, theologian. Renowned for his sermons, addresses and literary works, he is regarded as a brilliant orator and lit ...

, bishop of Meaux from 1681 to 1704, referred to as the "eagle of Meaux" ("l'aigle de Meaux"). *

Jean-Baptiste de La Noue Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright. Biography He studied at collège d'Harcourt in Paris. After he made his debut as a comedian in Lyon around 1721 and di ...

(1701–1760), 18th-century French playwright * Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, CNRS research director, biologist *

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (), was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Conti ...

(1757-1834), French ''

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'' (delegate) and mayor of Meaux. One of the most trusted aides of George Washington during the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

, he was a general based in Virginia and led French and American troops against the British. * Albert Guillon (1801–1854), composer *

Alexis Soyer Alexis Benoît Soyer (4 February 1810 – 5 August 1858) was a French chef, writer and inventor, who made his reputation in Victorian England. Born in north-east France, Soyer trained as a chef in Paris, and quickly built a career that was bro ...

(1810-1858), celebrated chef in Victorian London, was born here. *

Léon Charles Thévenin Léon Charles Thévenin (; 30 March 1857, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne – 21 September 1926, Paris) was a French telegraph engineer who extended Ohm's law to the analysis of complex electrical network, electrical circuits. Biography Born in Meaux, F ...

(1857-1926), engineer, developed a famous theorem (under his name) for electrical circuits. *L'Aigle de Meaux – fictional character. L'Aigle de Meaux (also

Bossuet Bossuet is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop and theology, theologian. Re ...

's nickname) was a character in

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

's ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...

'', who petitioned for a post office to be created in Meaux. *

Joop Zoetemelk Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in Tour de F ...

–

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and UCI World Champion cyclist. Zoetemelk and his French wife owned and operated a hotel in Meaux, still open nowadays: ''Le Richemont''. *

Jean-François Copé Jean-François Copé (; born 5 May 1964) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Meaux since 1995 with an interruption from 2002 to 2005. He was Government Spokesman between 2002 and 2007, when assumed other tenures in the government—inclu ...

, current mayor of Meaux, ''

'' (delegate) for the 6th

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

, president (2012–2014) of the UMP (

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

) group in the

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. *

Éric Judor Éric Judor (; born 25 July 1968), sometimes simply called Éric, is a French actor, director, screenwriter and comedian. He gained notoriety by forming, together with Ramzy Bedia, the comedy duo Éric et Ramzy. After several feature films with ...

, actor and comedian. * Olivier N'Siabamfumu, footballer. * Chris Mavinga, footballer. *

Lucas Digne Lucas Digne (born 20 July 1993) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left back for club Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa and the France national football team, France national team. Digne began his career at Li ...

, footballer. *

Djadja & Dinaz Djadja & Dinaz is a French Hip hop music, hip hop duo from Meaux and made up of Gianni Bellou (Djadja) and Azzedine Hedhli (Dinaz). Biography The group received attention in December 2014 with the controversial video for their song "Laisse-no ...

, rap duo.

International relations

Meaux is twinned with: *

Basildon Basildon ( ) is a town in Borough of Basildon, the borough of the same name, in the county of Essex, England. It had a recorded population of 115,955 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. In 1931, the town had a population of 1,159. ...

, England, United Kingdom *

Heiligenhaus Heiligenhaus (; Limburgish: ''Hillijehoes'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the suburban Rhine-Ruhr area. It lies between Düsseldorf and Essen. Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule B ...

, Germany

Climate

References

External links

Official website

Tourist Info Visit Meaux
*Pictures of Meaux Cathedra
2003 Land Use
from IAU ÎdF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région *

Bibliography

* Patrice Croisy:
Bibliographie de Meaux
' (Meaux, 2006–2009). This database includes over 8 000 articles and books on Meaux and neighbourhood. Some of them are in English. {{Authority control Communes of Seine-et-Marne Subprefectures in France Gallia Lugdunensis Champagne (province)