Samoreau

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

Samoreau
Commune
The town hall in Samoreau
Location of Samoreau
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Coordinates: 48°25′34″N 2°45′18″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Fontainebleau
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Fontainebleau
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Gouhoury[1]
Area 1	5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,409
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77442 /77210
Elevation	41–147 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.

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]

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department