Samoreau

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Location of Samoreau

(2020–2026) Pascal Gouhoury^[1]Area

5.65 km² (2.18 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,426 • Density430/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77442 /77210

Elevation41–147 m (135–482 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Samoreau (French pronunciation: [samɔʁo] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	887	—
1975	1,304	+5.66%
1982	1,626	+3.20%
1990	1,856	+1.67%
1999	2,157	+1.68%
2007	2,341	+1.03%
2012	2,317	−0.21%
2017	2,308	−0.08%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Inhabitants of Samoreau are called Samoréens in French.

Notable people

Matthias Blazek, German local historian and journalist, lived as a member of the German Military Delegation in France in the village from 1994 to 1999
Jean-Pierre Lacloche, French writer, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau
Olivier Larronde, French poet, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau
Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau (next to his son Anatole)^[4]
Bernard Baissait graphic design born in 1948
Misia Sert, buried in the cemetery of Samoreau in 1950.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Barbier, Carl Paul: Documents Mallarmé IV, Librairie Nizet, Paris 1973, p. 287.
^ Taes, Sofie (30 March 2019). "From Russia with love: Misia Sert, queen of Paris". Europeana (CC By-SA). Retrieved 1 May 2019.

Bibliography

René Clément-Bayer, Alain Nicol, Cécile and Jean-Pierre Thibieroz: Samoreau. Samoreau 1978
Pierre Grassat: La Libération de Samoreau 23–25 août 1944 – Récit d'un témoin. Samoreau 1996
Pierre Grassat and Matthias Blazek: Pompes à bras et pompiers à Samoreau: L'Historique des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Samoreau 1898–1982. Introduced by Patrice Havard, Samoreau 1997
Georges Guillory: Vulaines – Samoreau – Héricy, éditions Amatteis, Le Mée-sur-Seine 1993 ISBN 2-86849-127-8
Les Amis de Samois sur Seine: Valvins. Les Cahiers Samoisiens, Nr. 14/1993, Samois sur Seine 1993 ISSN 0338-120X
Alain Nicol and Matthias Blazek: L'Histoire de la Grange aux Dîmes. Samoreau 1998
Étienne Pivert de Sénancour and George Sand: Obermann. Paris 1863, p. 97
Marie-Anne Sarda: Stéphane Mallarmé à Valvins. Livre du visiteur, Musée départemental Stéphane Mallarmé, Vulaines-sur-Seine 1995 ISBN 2-911389-00-X
René Clément-Bayer, Alain Nicol, Cécile and Jean-Pierre Thibieroz: La Mémoire d'un Village 1177–1987. Exhibition catalogue, exposition about the history of Samoreau, Samoreau 1987
Comité de Jumelage Samoreau/Bernried: Bulletins No 1–4, Samoreau 1996–1999
Prussia: Der deutsch-französische Krieg, 1870–71 / redigirt von der Kriegsgeschichtlichen Abtheilung des Großen Generalstabes. Berlin 1878, p. 60

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samoreau.

Official site (in French)
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)