Rozay-en-Brie

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rozay-en-Brie

(2020–2026) Patrick Percik^[1]Area

3.17 km² (1.22 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,819 • Density890/km² (2,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77393 /77540

Elevation81–110 m (266–361 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rozay-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [ʁɔzɛ ɑ̃ bʁi] ^ⓘ, literally Rozay in Brie) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Rozay-en-Brie are called Rozéens.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,600	—
1800	1,450	−1.40%
1806	1,370	−0.94%
1821	1,417	+0.23%
1831	1,383	−0.24%
1836	1,456	+1.03%
1841	1,513	+0.77%
1846	1,420	−1.26%
1851	1,502	+1.13%
1856	1,417	−1.16%
861	1,489	+0.00%
1866	1,568	+0.01%
1872	1,548	−0.21%
1876	1,593	+0.72%
1881	1,569	−0.30%
1886	1,531	−0.49%
1891	1,368	−2.23%
1896	1,390	+0.32%
1901	1,354	−0.52%
1906	1,406	+0.76%
1911	1,246	−2.39%
1921	1,079	−1.43%
1926	1,108	+0.53%
1931	1,120	+0.22%
1936	1,127	+0.12%
1946	1,214	+0.75%
1954	1,338	+1.22%
1962	1,483	+1.29%
1968	1,521	+0.42%
1975	1,768	+2.17%
1982	1,914	+1.14%
1990	2,380	+2.76%
1999	2,613	+1.04%
2006	2,703	+0.48%
2007	2,712	+0.33%
2008	2,721	+0.33%
2013	2,863	+1.02%
2017	2,826	−0.32%
Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE^[4]

Notable people

Claudine de Culam, (1585-1601) prosecuted and executed for bestiality
Vladimir (Tikhonicky), (1873-1959) Eastern Orthodox archbishop and metropolitan
Christian Jacob, (1959) politician
Sébastien Japrisot, (1931-2003) author, screenwriter, director

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rozay-en-Brie, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE