Coulommiers
Coulommiers (LL- (fra)-Touam-Coulommiers.wav) 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.
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Overview
Overview
The town has a statue to Commandant Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire who, in 1792, killed himself rather than surrender Verdun to the Prussians.
Documentary record
Coulommiers is a place documented in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Coulommiers as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Coulommiers as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Île-de-France as the administrative unit of Coulommiers. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Seine-et-Marne as the administrative unit of Coulommiers. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Île-de-France as the administrative region of Coulommiers. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Coulommiers.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Coulommiers • Commune Status — Commune • Insee — 77131 • Postal Code — 77120 • Arrondissement — Meaux • Canton — Coulommiers • Mayor — Laurence Picard • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — CA Coulommiers Pays de Brie • Elevation Min M — 66 • Elevation Max M — 156 • Area Km2 — 10.93
Demographics
Demographics
Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens in French.
Twin towns
Twin towns
Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958 and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.
History
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.
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The area of Coulommiers is 1,091.41 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 77120 for Coulommiers.
Notable people
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
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