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Meaux
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| Commune of Meaux | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 0 32' 31" E |
| Latitude | 48° 57' 40" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Meaux |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux |
| Mayor | Jean-François Copé (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 39 m–107 m |
| Land area¹ | 14.95 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
49,200 49,421 |
| - Density (2005) | 3,291/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77284/ 77284 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Meaux is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 41.1 km. (25.5 miles) east-northeast from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). Meaux is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-et-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Meaux.
Meaux, together with six smaller neighboring communes, form an urban area of 67,956 inhabitants (1999 census). This urban area is a satellite city of Paris.
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Meaux is known for Brie de Meaux (a variety of Brie cheese) and the local variety of mustard.
Meaux is served by Meaux station on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line and on several national rail lines.
Banlieue towns of the Île de France tend to depend a lot on Paris for administration purposes and other facilities. The centre of Paris is also a haven for several English speaking nationalities and EU expatriates, however in outlying towns such as this one there isn't the network that caters for these groups.
Generally, via the internet, a look on services such as Yahoo Groups can yield a few useful resources with expat groups such as Live in France, English Speakers in France, Paris Sud or Webvivant. All of these can provide much needed advice and friendship to English speaking residents of the Île de France.
- Meaux la Montagne, Rhône departement (France)
- Meaux Abbey (UK) (map)
- Meaux, Louisiana (USA)
- Meaux website
- Pictures of Meaux Cathedral: [1], [2], [3]
![[1]](http://daniel.combalbert.club.fr/images_photos/Cathedrale_meaux/meaux_7.jpg){kind=link}
![[2]](http://daniel.combalbert.club.fr/images_photos/Cathedrale_meaux/meaux_6.jpg){kind=link}
![[3]](http://daniel.combalbert.club.fr/images_photos/Cathedrale_meaux/meaux_1.jpg){kind=link}
- Patrice CROISY : Bibliographie de Meaux (Meaux, 2006). This database includes over 4 000 articles and books on Meaux and neighbourhood. Some of them are in English.
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