Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne

Coulommiers
Commanderie of the Knights Templar
Coulommiers
Location within Île-de-France region Coulommiers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Meaux
Canton	Coulommiers
Intercommunality	Brie des Templiers
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Franck Riester
Area1	10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	14,200
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coulommiers 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.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens.

Twin towns

Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958 and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.

Miscellaneous

Coulommiers has been 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

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Site of Coulommiers Site of Coulommiers
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (English)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Coulommiers (French)
• Map of Coulommiers on Michelin (English)