Chailly-en-Bière
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Chailly-en-Bière (French pronunciation: [ʃaji ɑ̃ bjɛʁ] ⓘ, lit. 'Chailly in Bière') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Chailly-en-Bière | |
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The town hall in Chailly-en-Bière | |
| Motto: La main à l’œuvre (French: Time to work) | |
![]() Location of Chailly-en-Bière | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′05″N 2°36′28″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
| Canton | Fontainebleau |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Fontainebleau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Thiery[1] |
Area 1 | 13.08 km2 (5.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,162 |
| • Density | 165.3/km2 (428.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77069 /77930 |
| Elevation | 76–93 m (249–305 ft) |
| Website | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Painters Claude Monet and Frédéric Bazille spent time there together in 1865, and Bazille painted Monet in his work The Improvised Field Hospital.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,040 | — |
| 1975 | 1,315 | +3.41% |
| 1982 | 1,757 | +4.23% |
| 1990 | 2,029 | +1.82% |
| 1999 | 2,129 | +0.54% |
| 2007 | 2,144 | +0.09% |
| 2012 | 1,951 | −1.87% |
| 2017 | 2,037 | +0.87% |
| 2023 | 2,162 | +1.00% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
The inhabitants are called Chaillotins in French.
