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Meaux is a commune of Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
, in the metropolitan area
Aire urbaine

The aire urbaine is an INSEE statistical region comprising a couronne p?riurbaine commuter belt around a contiguous p?le urbain . As it is specifically defined by statistical criteria, it is similar--though not identical--to the more general term of "metropolitan area" used in English....
 of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. This Francilienne
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 town is located . (25.5 miles) east-northeast from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero

In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
 (as the crow flies). Meaux is a sous-préfecture
Sous-préfecture

Subprefectures are the administrative towns of arrondissement in France in France that do not contain the Prefectures in France for its departments of France....
 of the Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
 département
Départements of France

In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies, a department is an administrative division roughly analogous to an Districts of England, a Counties of the United States or a Regions and districts of Scotland....
, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Meaux
Arrondissement of Meaux

The arrondissement of Meaux is an Arrondissements of France of France, located in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, in the ?le-de-France Regions of France....
. Although it is the most populous commune in the Seine-et-Marne, it is not the préfecture (capital), which resides in the commune of Melun
Melun

Melun is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero. Melun is the pr?fecture of the Seine-et-Marne d?partement in France, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Melun....
.

bitants of Meaux are called Meldois.

Meaux, together with 18 smaller neighboring communes, form an urban area of 67,956 inhabitants (1999 census).






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Meaux is a commune of Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
, in the metropolitan area
Aire urbaine

The aire urbaine is an INSEE statistical region comprising a couronne p?riurbaine commuter belt around a contiguous p?le urbain . As it is specifically defined by statistical criteria, it is similar--though not identical--to the more general term of "metropolitan area" used in English....
 of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. This Francilienne
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 town is located . (25.5 miles) east-northeast from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero

In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
 (as the crow flies). Meaux is a sous-préfecture
Sous-préfecture

Subprefectures are the administrative towns of arrondissement in France in France that do not contain the Prefectures in France for its departments of France....
 of the Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
 département
Départements of France

In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies, a department is an administrative division roughly analogous to an Districts of England, a Counties of the United States or a Regions and districts of Scotland....
, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Meaux
Arrondissement of Meaux

The arrondissement of Meaux is an Arrondissements of France of France, located in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, in the ?le-de-France Regions of France....
. Although it is the most populous commune in the Seine-et-Marne, it is not the préfecture (capital), which resides in the commune of Melun
Melun

Melun is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero. Melun is the pr?fecture of the Seine-et-Marne d?partement in France, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Melun....
.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Meaux are called Meldois.

Meaux, together with 18 smaller neighboring communes, form an urban area of 67,956 inhabitants (1999 census). This urban area is a satellite city of Paris.

Culture

Meaux is known for Brie de Meaux
Brie de Meaux

Brie de Meaux is a France brie cheese of the Brie region, boasting an AOC since 1980. Its name comes from the Brie region and the town of Meaux....
 (a variety of Brie cheese
Brie (cheese)

Brie is a soft cows' cheese named after Brie , the France province in which it originated . It is pale in colour with a slight greyish tinge under crusty white mould; very soft and savoury with a hint of ammonia....
) and the local variety of mustard.

Sport

The town is represented by the CS Meaux
CS Meaux

CS Meaux is a France association football club, based in the town of Meaux. Former players include Philippe Anziani, Francis Llacer, Andrzej Zgutczynski, Jo?l Cantona and goalkeeper Yohann Pel?....
 association football club.

Transport

Meaux is served by Meaux station on the Transilien Paris – Est
Transilien Paris – Est

Transilien Paris – Est is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare de l'Est in central Paris....
 suburban rail line and on several national rail lines.

Notable residents

  • Joop Zoetemelk
    Joop Zoetemelk

    Hendrik Gerardus Jozef "Joop" Zoetemelk is a retired cyclist from The Netherlands.Zoetemelk turned professional after winning a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in the 100km team time-trial with Fedor den Hertog, Jan Krekels and Ren? Pijnen....
     -cyclist. Zoetemelk and his French wife owned and operated a hotel in Meaux.


See also

  • Count of Meaux
  • Diocese of Meaux
    Diocese of Meaux

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meaux, is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The diocese comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne....
  • Meaux Abbey
    Meaux Abbey

    Meaux Abbey was a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1151 by William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle and Count of Aumale the fourth lord of Holderness, near Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire....
     (UK) ()
  • Battle of Mello
    Battle of Mello

    The Battle of Mello was the decisive and largest engagement of the Peasant Jacquerie of 1358, a rebellion of peasants in the Beauvais region of France, which caused an enormous amount of damage to this wealthy region at the height of the Hundred Years War with England....
  • Brie (cheese)
    Brie (cheese)

    Brie is a soft cows' cheese named after Brie , the France province in which it originated . It is pale in colour with a slight greyish tinge under crusty white mould; very soft and savoury with a hint of ammonia....
  • Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department


External links

  • Pictures of Meaux Cathedral:, ,

Other "Meaux":

  • , Rhône departement (France)
  • , Louisiana (USA)


Bibliography

  • Patrice CROISY : (Meaux, 2006). This database includes over 4 000 articles and books on Meaux and neighbourhood. Some of them are in English.