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Commune of Melun |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
| Coordinates | 48°32′26″N 2°39′36″E / 48.54056°N 2.66°E |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Melun |
| Canton | Melun-Nord and Melun-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Melun – Val de Seine |
| Mayor | Gérard Millet (UMP) (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 37–102 m (121–335 ft) (avg. 54 m/177 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 38,691 (2006) |
| - Density | 4,812 /km2 (12,460 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77288/ 77000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris 25.7 miles (41.4 km) from the center. Melun is the capital of the department, as the seat of an arrondissement. Its inhabitants are called Melunais.
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Meledunum began as a Gaulish town; Caesar noted Melun as "a town of the Senones, situated on an island in the Seine"; at the island there was a wooden bridge, which his men repaired.[1] Roman Meledunum was a mutatio where fresh horses were kept available for official couriers on the Roman road south-southeast of Paris, where it forded the Seine.[2]
The Normans sacked it in 845. The castle of Melun became a royal residence of the Capetian kings. Hugh Capet (See also: House of Capet) gave Melun to Bouchard, his favorite. In the reign of Hugh's son, Robert II of France, Eudes, the count of Champagne, bought the city, and the king took it back for the viscount in 999. Le Chatelain and his wife, who had sold the city, were hanged. Robert died there in July 1031.
The early viscounts of Melun were listed by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century genealogists, notably Père Anselme. Based on closer reading of the original documents, Adolphe Duchalais constructed this list of viscounts in 1844:[3]
The title eventually became an honourary peerage. Such viscount include Honoré-Armand de Villars and Claude Louis Hector de Villars.
Melun is served by Melun station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D, on the Transilien Paris – Lyon suburban rail line, and on several national rail lines.
The nearby chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is considered a smaller predecessor of Palace of Versailles.
The officers' school of the French Gendarmerie is located in Melun.
Melun was the birthplace of:
Melun is twinned with:
Ouidah, Benin
Spelthorne, England
Crema, Italy
Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
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Melun is a city in France. It is the capital of the Seine-et-Marne department, in the Île-de-France region of France. The city lies about 40 kilometres south-east of Paris, in a bend of the river Seine. Between Brie and Gâtinais. It is located between 37 metres and 102 metres of above the sea. At the last count in 1999, 37.500 people lived there.
The city is home to the production of the Brie de Melun, a saltier variant of the Brie de Meaux. A school for police officers has been located in the city since 1945. Other than that there arepharmaceuitical and aviation industries and a prison complex in the city.
The first historical mention of the city is in 52BC, as Melodunum. The modern name of the city comes from the name it had in the 6th century, Meluneum. Clovis I makes a duchy out of the city. He also has fortifications built. The city gains new importance. The city is also prone to raids of the vikings, most notably those in 852 and 866.
When the departement Seine-et-Marne was formed on the 4th March 1790, Melun became its capital.
SEINE A MELUN
The river Seine at Melun |
Hôtel de
City hall |
Staspais
St. Aspais quarter |
PRIEURE SAINT SAUVEUR A
Priory St. Sauveur |
Ile st etienne melun
Ile St. Etienne |
Astrolabe et paris
Branch of the university of Paris I, in Melun |
   | City council website - Bienvenue sur le site de Melun |
| | Map of Melun on Michelin - Maps Melun ViaMichelin: Addresses and route planner with the Map Melun |
| | French Ministry of Culture list for Melun - Ministère de la culture - Mérimée |
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