Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Coulommiers (French pronunciation: [kulɔmje] ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
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Commanderie of the Knights Templar | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Coulommiers | |
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| Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Meaux |
| Canton | Coulommiers |
| Intercommunality | CA Coulommiers Pays de Brie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurence Picard[1] |
Area 1 | 10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 16,374 |
| • Density | 1,498/km2 (3,880/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. | |
It is also the name of a cheese of the Brie family produced around that city. Coulommiers station has rail connections to Tournan-en-Brie and Paris.
The town has a statue to Commandant Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire who, in 1792, killed himself rather than surrender Verdun to the Prussians.[3]
Demographics
Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens in French.
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Twin towns
Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958[5] and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.
History
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.
Notable people
- André René Roussimoff (1946–1993); better known as André the Giant, professional wrestler and actor (though was billed as hailing from "Grenoble, in the French Alps)
- Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire, military officer
