Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne
Coulommiers | ||
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Commune | ||
Commanderie of the Knights Templar | ||
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Location of Coulommiers | ||
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Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°E / 48.8247; 3.1068Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°E / 48.8247; 3.1068 | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
Arrondissement | Meaux | |
Canton | Coulommiers | |
Intercommunality | CA Coulommiers Pays de Brie | |
Government | ||
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2008–2014) | Franck Riester | |
Area 1 | 10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 14,200 | |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 77131 /77120 | |
Elevation | 66–156 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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.
Contents
1 Demographics
2 Twin towns
3 Miscellaneous
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Demographics
Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens.
Twin towns
Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958[1] and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.
Miscellaneous
Coulommiers has been 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
- Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
References
- INSEE
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coulommiers. |
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Coulommiers. |
Site of Coulommiers Site of Coulommiers
1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
French Ministry of Culture list for Coulommiers (in French)
Map of Coulommiers on Michelin (in English)
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