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16-549: It is well situated on a hill forming part of the plateau of the Goële , and is known as Dammartin-en-Goële to distinguish it from Dammartin-sur-Tigeaux , a small commune in the same department. It is around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Charles de Gaulle Airport . Dammartin is historically important as the seat of a county of which the holders played a considerable part in French history . The earliest recorded count of Dammartin

32-457: A department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France . Named after the rivers Seine and Marne , it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its eastern half. In 2019, it had a population of 1,421,197. Its prefecture is Melun , although both Meaux and Chelles have larger populations. Seine-et-Marne

48-509: A large part of the Paris conurbation. Seine-et-Marne as a whole shares a sister city relationship with Orlando , Florida , United States , as both host Disney theme parks. 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

64-431: A majority of the terminals. The department has many natural reserves, notably Brie and Gâtinais . The department's highest point is butte Saint-George (215 m). The most populous commune is Meaux ; the prefecture Melun is the third-most populous. As of 2019, there are 17 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are: Seine-et-Marne has a temperate Atlantic climate. The average rainfall

80-455: Is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department ' in the Île-de-France region in north-central France . Inhabitants of Dammartin-sur-Tigeaux are called Dammartinois . This article related to a Seine-et-Marne location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne ( French pronunciation: [sɛn e maʁn] ) is

96-572: Is based upon that of Fontainebleau , giving an average rainfall of 650 mm (25.6 in), which is higher than the average of Île-de-France : 600 mm (23.6 in). Average temperature in Melun during the 1953–2002 period was 3.2 °C (37.8 °F) for January and 18.6 °C (65.5 °F) for July. The storm of 26 December 1999 led to five deaths in Seine-et-Marne and caused several trees to fall. People from Seine-et-Marne are known as

112-465: 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. Seine-et-Marne forms a part of

128-495: Is the centre of tourism in Seine-et-Marne in terms of number of visitors, mainly due to the Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park theme parks at Disneyland Paris . The Departmental Council of Seine-et-Marne has 46 seats. Councillors are elected for six-year terms (no term limits) across the department's 23 cantons (two per canton). Since 2021, Jean-François Parigi of The Republicans (LR) has served as President of

144-459: The Seine-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 Paris conurbation 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

160-629: The Île-de-France region; the department covers 49% of the region's land area. It is bordered by Val-d'Oise , Seine-Saint-Denis , Val-de-Marne , Essonne to the west; Loiret and Yonne to the south; Aube and Marne to the east; and Aisne and Oise to the north. It is served by RER A , RER B , RER D and RER E amongst other services. Melun is Seine-et-Marne's prefecture . Fontainebleau , Meaux , Provins and Torcy are its subprefectures . The department comprises part of Paris 's outer eastern suburbs; much of Charles de Gaulle Airport sits within its far northwestern boundaries, including

176-527: The main suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting . The gunmen were within a printing business called CTD and had taken a hostage. The brothers were eventually killed in a gunfight with French police. The population of the town in 2019 was 10,355. Inhabitants of Dammartin-en-Goële are called Dammartinois . Dammartin-sur-Tigeaux Dammartin-sur-Tigeaux ( French pronunciation: [damaʁtɛ̃ syʁ tiʒo] , literally Dammartin on Tigeaux )

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192-604: 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 within Île-de-France . Cereals and sugar beet are the principal exports from Seine-et-Marne. The other key industrial structures are the refinery at Grandpuits and the Safran Aircraft Engines research plant at Villaroche. The new town of Marne-la-Vallée

208-502: The second, Alix, married Jean de Trie , in whose line the county was reunited after the death of Philip Hurepel's son Alberic. The county passed, through heiresses, to the houses of Fayel and Nanteuil , and in the 15th century was acquired by Antoine de Chabannes (d. 1488), one of the favorites of King Charles VII , by his marriage with Marguerite, heiress of Reynald V of Nanteuil-Aci and Marie of Dammartin. This Antoine de Chabannes, count of Dammartin in right of his wife, fought under

224-554: The standard of Joan of Arc , became a leader of the Ecorcheurs , took part in the war of the public weal against Louis XI , and then fought for him against the Burgundians . The collegiate church at Dammartin was founded by him in 1480, and his tomb and effigy are in the chancel. His son, Jean de Chabannes , left three heiresses, of whom the second left a daughter who brought the county to Philippe de Boulainvilliers , by whose heirs it

240-455: Was a certain Hugh, who made himself master of the town in the 10th century; but his dynasty was replaced by another family in the 11th century. Reynald I , count of Dammartin (d. 1227), who was one of the coalition crushed by King Philip Augustus at the battle of Bouvines (1214), left two co-heiresses, of whom the elder, Maud (Matilda or Mahaut), married Philip Hurepel , son of Philip Augustus, and

256-605: Was sold in 1554 to the dukes of Montmorency . In the 16th century and later, an estate here called La Tuillerie was owned by Matthieu Coignet and his heirs. In 1632 the county was confiscated by Louis XIII and bestowed on the Prince of Condé . On 9 January 2015, French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed that a major operation was under way in Dammartin-en-Goële where police helicopters were deployed. This related to police attempts to capture Saïd and Chérif Kouachi,

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