Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne

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Coulommiers
Commanderie of the Knights Templar
Coulommiers
Location within Île-de-France region Coulommiers
Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°E / 48.8247; 3.1068Coordinates: 48°49′29″N 3°06′24″E / 48.8247°N 3.1068°E / 48.8247; 3.1068
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Meaux
Canton	Coulommiers
Intercommunality	Pays de Coulommiers
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)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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.

1 Demographics
2 Twin towns
3 Miscellaneous
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Demographics[edit]

Inhabitants of Coulommiers are called Columériens.

Twin towns[edit]

Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958^[1] and with Titisee-Neustadt in 1971. The twinning was renewed in 1982.

Miscellaneous[edit]

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.