Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Seine-et-Marne in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°36′N 03°00′E / 48.600°N 3.000°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Prefecture | Melun |
| Subprefectures | Fontainebleau Meaux Provins Torcy |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Jean-François Parigi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,915 km2 (2,284 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
• Total | 1,468,108 |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 248.2/km2 (642.8/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €42.983 billion (2021) |
| • Per capita | €29,889 (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 77 |
| Arrondissements | 5 |
| Cantons | 23 |
| Communes | 507 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Seine-et-Marne (French pronunciation: [sɛn e maʁn] ⓘ; lit. 'Seine and Marne') is a mainly rural department in the Île-de-France region in northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it roughly encompasses the region's eastern half, and, at 5,915 km2 (2,284 sq mi), is the largest department in Île-de-France by area. In 2023, it had a population of 1,468,108.[4] Its prefecture is Melun, although both Meaux and Chelles have larger populations.
History
[edit]Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of 22 December 1789. It had previously belonged to the former province of Île-de-France. It is the only original departement in the Île-de-France that has remained unchanged, as both Seine and Seine-et-Oise were abolished and reorganised in 1968.[5]
Geography
[edit]Principal towns
[edit]The most populous commune is Meaux; the prefecture Melun is the third-most populous. As of 2023, there are 16 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:[6]
| Commune | Population (2023) |
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| Meaux | 56,905 |
| Chelles | 54,620 |
| Melun | 45,995 |
| Pontault-Combault | 39,096 |
| Savigny-le-Temple | 31,148 |
| Bussy-Saint-Georges | 27,498 |
| Champs-sur-Marne | 27,451 |
| Villeparisis | 26,946 |
| Dammarie-lès-Lys | 23,559 |
| Roissy-en-Brie | 23,229 |
Demographics
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| Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
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| 86.6% | 13.4% | |||
| Born in overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2 | Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
| 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 5.9% | |
| 1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. 2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. | ||||
Presidential elections (2nd round) results since 1995
[edit]| Election | Winning candidate | Party | % | 2nd place candidate | Party | % | |
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| 2022 | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 56.98 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 43.02 | |
| 2017[8] | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 63.86 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 36.14 | |
| 2012 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 50.75 | François Hollande | PS | 49.25 | |
| 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 56.25 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 43.75 | |
| 2002[8] | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 80.64 | Jean-Marie Le Pen | FN | 19.36 | |
| 1995[9] | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 55.07 | Lionel Jospin | PS | 44.93 | |
Representation in Paris
[edit]National Assembly
[edit]In the National Assembly, Seine-et-Marne is represented by:
Senate
[edit]In the Senate, Seine-et-Marne is represented by:
| Senator[11] | Party | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne-Chain Larché | LR | 2015 | |
| Pierre Cuypers | LR | 2016 | |
| Aymeric Durox | RN | 2023 | |
| Vincent Éblé | PS | 2011 | |
| Marianne Margaté | PCF | 2023 | |
| Louis Vogel | HOR | 2023 | |
Tourism
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Bilboquet rock formation in the forest of Fontainebleau
Throne Room in the Palace of Fontainebleau
The walls of the medieval city of Provins
Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte
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See also
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Lion, Christian, La Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne contre l'incendie de 1819 à 1969. Mutualité, assurance et cycles de l'incendie (Bruxelles etc., Peter Lang, 2008).
References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 regions". ec.europa.eu.
- 1 2 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE.
- ↑ Lebœuf, Louis (1984). Précis d'histoire de Seine-et-Marne. Dammarie-les-Lys: Amatteis. ISBN 978-2-86849-145-9.
- ↑ "Populations de référence en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2026" (PDF). Recensement de la populatio. 2026. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Historique de Seine-et-Marne". Le SPLAF.
- 1 2 "Présidentielles".
- ↑ "Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania".
- ↑ Assemblée nationale. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français". Assemblée nationale (in French).
- ↑ Sénat. "Liste par département" (in French).
External links
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- (in French) Prefecture website
- (in French) Departmental Council website
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