Samoreau

Summary

Samoreau (French pronunciation: [samɔʁo] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Samoreau
The town hall in Samoreau
The town hall in Samoreau
Location of Samoreau
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Samoreau
Samoreau
Samoreau is located in Île-de-France (region)
Samoreau
Samoreau
Coordinates: 48°25′34″N 2°45′18″E / 48.4261°N 2.755°E / 48.4261; 2.755
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementFontainebleau
CantonFontainebleau
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Fontainebleau
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascal Gouhoury[1]
Area
1
5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,426
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77442 /77210
Elevation41–147 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 edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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 edit

  • 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]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Barbier, Carl Paul: Documents Mallarmé IV, Librairie Nizet, Paris 1973, p. 287.
  5. ^ Taes, Sofie (30 March 2019). "From Russia with love: Misia Sert, queen of Paris". Europeana (CC By-SA). Retrieved 1 May 2019.

Bibliography edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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)