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.
Samois-sur-Seine | |
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 The River Seine in Samois-sur-Seine | |
 Coat of arms | |
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. | |
It is located near Fontainebleau.
Culture
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
Inhabitants of Samois-sur-Seine are called Samoisiens in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
- 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
External links
- 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)