Seine-et-Marne (; 'Seine and Marne') is a mainly rural department in the Île-de-France region in northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it roughly encompasses the region's eastern half, and, at , is the largest department in Île-de-France by area. In 2023, it had a population of 1,468,108. Its prefecture is Melun, although both Meaux and Chelles have larger populations.

History Seine-et-Marne 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.

Geography Principal towns The most populous commune is Meaux; the prefecture Melun is the third-most populous. As of 2023, there are 16 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:

Commune Population (2023) Meaux 56,905 Chelles 54,620 Melun 45,995 Pontault-Combault 39,096 Savigny-le-Temple 31,148 Bussy-Saint-Georges 27,498 Champs-sur-Marne 27,451 Villeparisis 26,946 Dammarie-lès-Lys 23,559 Roissy-en-Brie 23,229

Demographics

Presidential elections (2nd round) results since 1995 ElectionWinning candidateParty%2nd place candidateParty% 2022 Emmanuel Macron LREM 56.98 Marine Le Pen FN 43.02 2017 Emmanuel Macron LREM 63.86 Marine Le Pen FN 36.14 2012 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 50.75 François Hollande PS 49.25 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 56.25 Ségolène Royal PS 43.75 2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 80.64 Jean-Marie Le Pen FN 19.36 1995 Jacques Chirac RPR 55.07 Lionel Jospin PS 44.93

Representation in Paris National Assembly In the National Assembly, Seine-et-Marne is represented by:

ConstituencyMemberParty Seine-et-Marne's 1st Arnaud Saint-Martin LFI Seine-et-Marne's 2nd Frédéric Valletoux HOR Seine-et-Marne's 3rd Jean-Louis Thiériot LR Seine-et-Marne's 4th Julien Limongi RN Seine-et-Marne's 5th Franck Riester RE Seine-et-Marne's 6th Béatrice Roullaud RN Seine-et-Marne's 7th Ersilia Soudais LFI Seine-et-Marne's 8th Arnaud Bonnet LE Seine-et-Marne's 9th Céline Thiébault-Martinez PS Seine-et-Marne's 10th Maxime Laisney LFI Seine-et-Marne's 11th Olivier Faure PS

Senate In the Senate, Seine-et-Marne is represented by:

SenatorPartySince Anne-Chain Larché LR 2015 Pierre Cuypers LR 2016 Aymeric Durox RN 2023 Vincent Éblé PS 2011 Marianne Margaté PCF 2023 Louis Vogel HOR 2023

Tourism

See also Cantons of the Seine-et-Marne department Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department Arrondissements of the Seine-et-Marne department Tramway from Verneuil-l'Étang to Melun Tramway from Sablonnières to Bray-sur-Seine

Bibliography Lion, Christian, La Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne contre l'incendie de 1819 à 1969. Mutualité, assurance et cycles de l'incendie (Bruxelles etc., Peter Lang, 2008).

References

External links

Prefecture website Departmental Council website