Seine-et-Marne

**Seine-et-Marne** () is a French depairtment, namit efter the Seine an Marne rivers, an locatit in the Île-de-France region.

## History
Seine-et-Marne is ane o the oreeginal 83 depairtments, creatit on 4 Mairch 1790, durin the French Revolution in application o the law o 22 Dizember 1789. It haed previously belangit tae the umwhile province o Île-de-France.

## Geografie
Seine-et-Marne forms a pairt o the Île-de-France region; the depairtment covers 49% o the region's laund area. It is bordered bi Val-d'Oise, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Essonne tae the wast; Loiret an Yonne  tae the sooth; Aube an Marne tae the east; an Aisne an Oise tae the north.

The depairtment haes mony naitural reserves, notably Brie an Gâtinais.

Principal touns include: Chelles, Torcy,  Pontault-Combault, Lagny-sur-Marne, Coulommiers, Champs-sur-Marne, Nemours, Meaux, Melun, Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Brie-Comte-Robert, Provins, Fontainebleau as well as the new touns o  Marne-la-Vallée an Sénart.

The heichest pynt o the département is Saint-George’s Hill (215 m).

## Climate
Seine-et-Marne haes a temperate Atlantic climate. The average rainfaw is based upon that o Fontainebleau, givin an average rainfaw o 650&nbsp;mm, which is heicher than the average o Île-de-France (600&nbsp;mm). Average temperatur in Melun durin the period  1953–2002 for Januar is 3.2&nbsp;°C an 18.6&nbsp;°C for Julie.

The storm o 26 Dizember 1999 led tae five daiths in Seine-et-Marne an caused several trees tae faw.

## Economy

Wi 60% o the region uised as farmland, Seine-et-Marne is whaure maist agricultural activity occurs within the Île-de-France. Cereals an succar beet are the principal exports frae Seine-et-Marne.

The ither key industrial structurs are the refinery at Grandpuits an the Snecma research plant. The twa new touns are the centre o tourism for the depairtment, mainly due tae theme parks sic as Disneyland Park an Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris.

## Demografics
Fowk frae Seine-et-Marne are kent as the *Seine-et-Marnais*.

Oreeginally Seine-et-Marne wis vera landwart an lichtly populatit. Ower the past 50 year, housomeivver, its population haes tripled, due tae the development o the Paris conurbation an the biggin o new touns. The population wis estimatit tae be 1,267,496 indwallers in 2006. The region haes chyngit frae consistin anerlie o sma veelages tae formin a lairge pairt o the Paris conurbation.

Seine-et-Marne as a whole shares a sister ceety relationship wi Orlando, Florida, Unitit States, as baith host Disney theme pairks.

### Place o birth o residents

## Bibliografie
* Lion, Christian, *La Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne contre l'incendie de 1819 à 1969. Mutualité, assurance et cycles de l'incendie* (Bruxelles etc., Peter Lang, 2008).

## Tourism
* Collège de Juilly
* Forest o Fontainebleau

File:ChateauFontainebleau03.jpg|Napoleon's bedroom in the Palace o Fontainebleau
File:Remparts de Provins format jpg DSC 0398.jpg|The waws o the medieval ceety o Provins
File:Le chateau de Vaux le Vicomte.jpg|Vaux-le-Vicomte
|Disneyland Paris
File:Commanderie Coulommiers.jpg|Knight templars commandry in Coulommiers


## See an aw
*Cantons o the Seine-et-Marne depairtment
*Communes o the Seine-et-Marne depairtment
*Arrondissements o the Seine-et-Marne depairtment

## Freemit airtins

* Prefectur wabsteid 
* General Cooncil wabsteid