Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne
Coulommiers | |
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Commanderie of the Knights Templar | |
Location of Coulommiers | |
| Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°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 |
Area 1 | 10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 15,696 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/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. | |
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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.
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.