Samoreau
Samoreau | |
|---|---|
 The town hall in Samoreau | |
 Location of Samoreau | |
  Samoreau Location within France  Samoreau Location within Île-de-France (region) | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′34″N 2°45′18″E / 48.4261°N 2.755°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
| Canton | Fontainebleau |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Fontainebleau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pascal Gouhoury |
Area 1 | 5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 2,384 |
| • Density | 422/km2 (1,090/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77442 /77210 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Samoreau (French pronunciation: [samɔʁo] ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 887 | — |
| 1975 | 1,304 | +5.66% |
| 1982 | 1,626 | +3.20% |
| 1990 | 1,856 | +1.67% |
| 1999 | 2,157 | +1.68% |
| 2007 | 2,341 | +1.03% |
| 2012 | 2,317 | −0.21% |
| 2017 | 2,308 | −0.08% |
| 2023 | 2,384 | +0.54% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
Inhabitants of Samoreau are called Samoréens in French.
Notable people
- Matthias Blazek, German local historian and journalist, lived as a member of the German Military Delegation in France in the village from 1994 to 1999
- Jean-Pierre Lacloche, French writer, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau
- Olivier Larronde, French poet, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau
- Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau (next to his son Anatole)
- Bernard Baissait graphic design born in 1948
- Misia Sert, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau in 1950.
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Barbier, Carl Paul: Documents Mallarmé IV, Librairie Nizet, Paris 1973, p. 287.
- ↑ Taes, Sofie (30 March 2019). "From Russia with love: Misia Sert, queen of Paris". Europeana (CC By-SA). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
Bibliography
- René Clément-Bayer, Alain Nicol, Cécile and Jean-Pierre Thibieroz: Samoreau. Samoreau 1978
- Pierre Grassat: La Libération de Samoreau 23–25 août 1944 – Récit d'un témoin. Samoreau 1996
- Pierre Grassat and Matthias Blazek: Pompes à bras et pompiers à Samoreau: L'Historique des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Samoreau 1898–1982. Introduced by Patrice Havard, Samoreau 1997
- Georges Guillory: Vulaines – Samoreau – Héricy, éditions Amatteis, Le Mée-sur-Seine 1993 ISBN 2-86849-127-8
- Les Amis de Samois sur Seine: Valvins. Les Cahiers Samoisiens, Nr. 14/1993, Samois sur Seine 1993 ISSN 0338-120X
- Alain Nicol and Matthias Blazek: L'Histoire de la Grange aux Dîmes. Samoreau 1998
- Étienne Pivert de Sénancour and George Sand: Obermann. Paris 1863, p. 97
- Marie-Anne Sarda: Stéphane Mallarmé à Valvins. Livre du visiteur, Musée départemental Stéphane Mallarmé, Vulaines-sur-Seine 1995 ISBN 2-911389-00-X
- René Clément-Bayer, Alain Nicol, Cécile and Jean-Pierre Thibieroz: La Mémoire d'un Village 1177–1987. Exhibition catalogue, exposition about the history of Samoreau, Samoreau 1987
- Comité de Jumelage Samoreau/Bernried: Bulletins No 1–4, Samoreau 1996–1999
- Prussia: Der deutsch-französische Krieg, 1870–71 / redigirt von der Kriegsgeschichtlichen Abtheilung des Großen Generalstabes. Berlin 1878, p. 60
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samoreau.
- Official site (in French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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