Samois-sur-Seine
Samois-sur-Seine (Samois on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located near Fontainebleau.
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Samois-sur-Seine (Samois on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located near Fontainebleau.
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• Name — Samois-sur-Seine • Commune Status — Commune • Insee — 77441 • Postal Code — 77920 • Arrondissement — Fontainebleau • Canton — Fontainebleau • Mayor — Michel Chariau • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — CA Pays de Fontainebleau • Elevation Min M — 41 • Elevation Max M — 115 • Area Km2 — 6.33
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It is famous for being the town to which Django Reinhardt retired, and hosts an annual jazz festival in his honor. It was also the home to Reverchon Industries, a major global bumper car and other amusement ride producer. It is the birthplace of French jazz singer Cyrille Aimée. It has a lively community, with a primary school, a weekly market, a baker, a butcher, two cafés/bars, several restaurants and hotels. A bus also provides a link to the nearby town of Fontainebleau/Avon, the route of the world's first commercial trolleybus 1901–1913. • Illustration — Île du Berceau, where the Django Reinhardt festival takes place
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Inhabitants of Samois-sur-Seine are called Samoisiens in French.
Literary reference and namesake
Literary reference and namesake
The town is mentioned in the 1954 novel Story of O by Anne Desclos as the location of the fictional mansion managed by Anne-Marie, a lesbian dominatrix. In 1978, the name Samois was adopted by a lesbian-feminist BDSM organization based in San Francisco that existed from 1978 to 1983. It was the first lesbian BDSM group in the United States.
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