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Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne

Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°E / 48.8247; 3.1068
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Coulommiers
Commune
Commanderie of the Knights Templar
Commanderie of the Knights Templar
Coat of arms of Coulommiers
Coat of arms
Location of Coulommiers
Map
Coulommiers is located in France
Coulommiers
Coulommiers
Coulommiers is located in Île-de-France (region)
Coulommiers
Coulommiers
Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°E / 48.8247; 3.1068
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementMeaux
CantonCoulommiers
IntercommunalityCA Coulommiers Pays de Brie
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Franck Riester
Area
1
10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
15,250
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77131 /77120
Elevation66–156 m (217–512 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coulommiers is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.

It is also the name of a cheese of the Brie family produced around that city.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens.

Twin towns

Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958[2] and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.

Miscellaneous

Coulommiers was selected to be the first town in France to go fully digital for its terrestrial television, with analog switch-off in January 2009.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
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