Samoreau
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Samoreau (French pronunciation: [samɔʁo] ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Samoreau | |
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The town hall in Samoreau | |
 Location of Samoreau | |
  Samoreau  Samoreau | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′34″N 2°45′18″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[1] |
Area 1 | 5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 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 |
| Elevation | 41–147 m (135–482 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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)[4]
- Bernard Baissait graphic design born in 1948
- Misia Sert, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau in 1950.[5]
