Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790 during theFrench Revolution in application of the law of 22 December 1789. It had previously belonged to theformer province ofÎle-de-France. It is the only original departement in the Île-de-France that has remained unchanged, as bothSeine andSeine-et-Oise were abolished and reorganised in 1968.[5]
Melun is Seine-et-Marne'sprefecture.Fontainebleau,Meaux,Provins andTorcy are itssubprefectures. The department comprises part ofParis's outer eastern suburbs; much ofCharles de Gaulle Airport sits within its far northwestern boundaries, including a majority of the terminals. The department has many natural reserves, notablyBrie andGâtinais. The department's highest point is butte Saint-George (215 m).
The most populous commune isMeaux; the prefectureMelun is the third-most populous. As of 2019, there are 17 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:[4]
Seine-et-Marne has a temperate Atlantic climate. The average rainfall is based upon that ofFontainebleau, giving an average rainfall of 650 mm (25.6 in), which is higher than the average ofÎle-de-France: 600 mm (23.6 in). Average temperature inMelun during the 1953–2002 period was 3.2 °C (37.8 °F) for January and 18.6 °C (65.5 °F) for July.
People from Seine-et-Marne are known as theSeine-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 Parisconurbation 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.
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such aspieds-noirs inNorthwest 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.
With 60 percent of the region used as farmland, Seine-et-Marne is where most agricultural activity occurs withinÎle-de-France. Cereals and sugar beet are the principal exports from Seine-et-Marne.
The Departmental Council of Seine-et-Marne has 46 seats. Councillors are elected for six-year terms (no term limits) across the department's23 cantons (two per canton). Since 2021,Jean-François Parigi ofThe Republicans (LR) has served as President of the Departmental Council.
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).
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