Samois-sur-Seine
Samois-sur-Seine | |
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 The River Seine in Samois-sur-Seine | |
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Location of Samois-sur-Seine  | |
  Samois-sur-Seine  Samois-sur-Seine | |
| Coordinates: 48°27′10″N 2°45′02″E / 48.4528°N 2.7506°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau |
| Canton | Fontainebleau |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Fontainebleau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Chariau[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.33 km2 (2.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,010 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77441 /77920 |
| Elevation | 41–115 m (135–377 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Samois-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [samwa syʁ sɛn] ⓘ, lit. 'Samois on Seine') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
It is located near Fontainebleau.
Culture[edit]
It is famous for being the town to which Django Reinhardt retired, and hosts an annual jazz festival in his honor. It was also the home to Reverchon Industries, a major global bumper car and other amusement ride producer. It is the birthplace of French jazz singer Cyrille Aimée.[3] It has a lively community, with a primary school, a weekly market, a baker, a butcher, two cafés/bars, several restaurants and hotels. A bus also provides a link to the nearby town of Fontainebleau/Avon, the route of the world's first commercial trolleybus 1901–1913.
Demographics[edit]
Inhabitants of Samois-sur-Seine are called Samoisiens in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,373 | — |
| 1975 | 1,574 | +1.97% |
| 1982 | 1,574 | +0.00% |
| 1990 | 1,916 | +2.49% |
| 1999 | 2,236 | +1.73% |
| 2007 | 2,062 | −1.01% |
| 2012 | 2,098 | +0.35% |
| 2017 | 2,053 | −0.43% |
| Source: Cassini[4] and INSEE[5] | ||
Literary reference and namesake[edit]
The town is mentioned in the 1954 novel Story of O as the location of the fictional mansion managed by Anne-Marie, a lesbian dominatrix. In 1978, the name Samois was adopted by a lesbian-feminist BDSM organization based in San Francisco that existed from 1978 to 1983. It was the first lesbian BDSM group in the United States.[6]
See also[edit]
- Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
- Maud Gonne – The cemetery of Samois-sur-Seine is where in 1893 the English-born Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette, and actress Maud Gonne conceived Iseult Gonne in a sex magick ritual to reincarnate the soul of her dead son, in the crypt of the child's mausoleum, next to the coffin.
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Reich, Ronni (The Star Ledger) (21 October 2012). "Cyrille Aimee wins the first Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition". nj.com True Jersey. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
...instantly recognizable sound: a soft, girlish buzz with a touch of an Edith Piaf-like quaver....Aimée honed her skills growing up in the village of Samois-sur-Seine, ... In 2007, she was named winner of the first and public prizes at the Montreux Jazz Festival Competition. ... rhythmically driven style...
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Samois-sur-Seine, EHESS (in French).
- ^ "Population en historique depuis 1968" (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ Jeffreys, Sheila (1993). The Lesbian Heresy. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Spinifex. p. 130. ISBN 1-875559-17-5.
External links[edit]
- The Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival (in French)
- Reverchon Website
- Official site (in French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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