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| Coulommiers | |
|---|---|
 Commanderie of the Knights Templar | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Coulommiers  | |
  Coulommiers  Coulommiers | |
| Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°ECoordinates: 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 |
| Area1 | 10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 14,757 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/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. | |
Coulommiers (French pronunciation: [kulɔmje] (
listen)) 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 was also the birthplace of André the Giant.
Demographics[edit]
Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens.
Twin towns[edit]
Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958[2] and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.
Miscellaneous[edit]
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.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coulommiers. |
 | Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Coulommiers . |
- Official website of Coulommiers
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)