region
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in Northern
France
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. Named after the rivers
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plate ...
Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 during the
French Revolution
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in application of the law of 22 December 1789. It had previously belonged to the former province of
Paris
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's outer eastern suburbs; much of Charles de Gaulle Airport sits within its far northwestern boundaries, including a majority of the terminals. The department has many natural reserves, notably Brie and Gâtinais. The department's highest point is butte Saint-George (215 m).
Principal towns
The most populous commune is Meaux; the prefecture Melun is the third-most populous. As of 2019, there are 17 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:
Climate
Seine-et-Marne has a temperate Atlantic climate. The average rainfall is based upon that of Fontainebleau, giving an average rainfall of , which is higher than the average of
: . Average temperature in Melun during the 1953–2002 period was for January and for July.
The storm of 26 December 1999 led to five deaths in Seine-et-Marne and caused several trees to fall.
Demographics
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
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Florida
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,
United States
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, as both host
Disney
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theme parks.
Economy
With 60 percent of the region used as farmland, Seine-et-Marne is where most agricultural activity occurs within
The Departmental Council of Seine-et-Marne has 46 seats. Councillors are elected for six-year terms (no term limits) across the department's 23 cantons (two per canton). Since 2021, Jean-François Parigi of The Republicans (LR) has served as President of the Departmental Council.
National representation
In the National Assembly, Seine-et-Marne is represented by:
In the Senate, Seine-et-Marne is represented by:
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Arnaud de Belenet Arnaud may refer to:
People
* Arnaud (given name) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the German given name Arnold
* Arnaud (surname) or Arnauld (formerly Arnoul), the French form of the name Arnold
* Arnauld family, a noble Frenc ...
Agir
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* Agir (singer), Portuguese singer
* AGIR (student organization), Galician independence group
* Agir (Belgium), Belgian political party
* Agir (France), French political party
* Agir ensemble, French parliamentary group
* ...
), since 2004
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Claudine Thomas Claudine may refer to: Name
* Claudine (given name), a feminine given name of French origin
Culture
* ''Claudine'' (film), a 1974 American film by John Berry
** ''Claudine'' (soundtrack), its soundtrack album. Music by Curtis Mayfield and Gladis ...
Fontainebleau Bilboquet.jpg, Bilboquet rock formation in the forest of Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau - 40422357540.jpg, Throne Room in the Palace of Fontainebleau
Tour-de-Saint-Thugal-à -Château-Landon-DSC 0149.jpg, Château-Landon
Remparts de Provins format jpg DSC 0398.jpg, The walls of the medieval city of Provins
Vaux le Vicomte jardins.jpg, Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
Commanderie Coulommiers.jpg,
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon ( la, Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, the Knights Templar, or simply the Templars, was a Catholic military order, o ...