Reuil-en-Brie (French pronunciation: [ʁœj ɑ̃ bʁi] , literally Reuil in Brie) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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The town hall in Reuil-en-Brie
The town hall in Reuil-en-Brie
Coat of arms of Reuil-en-Brie
Location of Reuil-en-Brie
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Reuil-en-Brie is located in France
Reuil-en-Brie
Reuil-en-Brie
Reuil-en-Brie is located in Île-de-France (region)
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Reuil-en-Brie
Coordinates: 48°57′41″N 3°08′51″E / 48.9614°N 3.1476°E / 48.9614; 3.1476
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementMeaux
CantonLa Ferté-sous-Jouarre
IntercommunalityCoulommiers Pays de Brie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Romanow[1]
Area
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5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
816
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77388 /77260
Elevation51–185 m (167–607 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The settlement grew up around the monastery founded by Rado, a mayor of the palace of Burgundy,[3] in about 630, which from his name was called Radolium.[4] In later times it was a priory of Cluny.

Population

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The inhabitants are called Reuillois.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 312—    
1975 378+2.78%
1982 388+0.37%
1990 508+3.43%
1999 819+5.45%
2007 865+0.69%
2012 832−0.77%
2017 834+0.05%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Identified as "Rado (who, like Audoin, spent much of his career as court referendary), [and] was the founder of yet another monastery, 'Radolium,' at Reuil-en-Brie" (Barbara H. Rosenwein, Negotiating Space: Power, Restraint, and Privileges of Immunity in Early Medieval Europe 1999:62 and notes).
  4. ^ quod ex suo nomine Radolium vocavit (Life of St. Agile, ca 684–690 (Acta Sanctorum, August VI:582), noted in Pierre-Henri Billy, Patrociny settlement names in France).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE