Saint-Méry (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ meʁi] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Saint-Méry
The church in Saint-Méry
The church in Saint-Méry
Location of Saint-Méry
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Saint-Méry is located in France
Saint-Méry
Saint-Méry
Saint-Méry is located in Île-de-France (region)
Saint-Méry
Saint-Méry
Coordinates: 48°34′41″N 2°49′37″E / 48.5781°N 2.8269°E / 48.5781; 2.8269
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementMelun
CantonNangis
IntercommunalityCC Brie des Rivières et Châteaux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Françoise Kubiak[1]
Area
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9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
333
 • Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77426 /77720
Elevation73–113 m (240–371 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

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Towards the end of the seventh century, Saint Mederic, abbot of Saint-Martin d'Autun, set off on a pilgrimage to the tombs of Saint Denis and Saint Germain, in Paris, in the company of a young monk named Frodulphe. The road was long because the abbot, aging and tired, had to stop often to take rest. It was thus that Mederic and Frodulphe halted at a deserted spot near Paris, where a chapel was then erected to commemorate the pilgrim abbe, whose charity, piety, and miracles had struck the people. Soon some houses came to group around the building placed under the name of Saint-Médéric said Saint-Merry, Saint-Merri or Saint-Méry.[3]

Population

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Inhabitants of Saint-Méry are called Médériciens.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 255—    
1975 236−1.10%
1982 278+2.37%
1990 302+1.04%
1999 366+2.16%
2007 389+0.76%
2012 372−0.89%
2017 344−1.55%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Vita S. Mederici - Jacques-Gabriel Bulliot, Essai historique de l'Abbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun, chap. V, p. 83.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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