Editing Seine-et-Marne (section)

==Geography==
===Situation===
[[File:Hôtel préfecture Seine-et-Marne abbaye Saint-Père Melun.JPG|thumb|left|[[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] building of the Seine-et-Marne department in [[Melun]]]]
Seine-et-Marne forms a part of the [[Île-de-France]] region; the department covers 49% of the region's land area. It is bordered by [[Val-d'Oise]], [[Seine-Saint-Denis]], [[Val-de-Marne]], [[Essonne]] to the west; [[Loiret]] and [[Yonne]] to the south; [[Aube]] and [[Marne (department)|Marne]] to the east; and [[Aisne]] and [[Oise]] to the north. It is served by [[RER A]], [[RER B]], [[RER D]] and [[RER E]] amongst other services.

[[Melun]] is Seine-et-Marne's [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]]. [[Fontainebleau]], [[Meaux]], [[Provins]] and [[Torcy, Seine-et-Marne|Torcy]] are its [[Subprefectures in France|subprefectures]]. The department comprises part of [[Paris]]'s outer eastern suburbs; much of [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] sits within its far northwestern boundaries, including a majority of the terminals. The department has many natural reserves, notably [[Brie (region)|Brie]] and [[Gâtinais]]. The department's highest point is butte Saint-George (215 m).

===Principal towns===

The most populous commune is [[Meaux]]; the prefecture [[Melun]] is the third-most populous. As of 2019, there are 17 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:<ref name=pop2019/>

{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
|-
| [[Meaux]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 55,750
|-
| [[Chelles, Seine-et-Marne|Chelles]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 55,154
|-
| [[Melun]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 40,844
|-
| [[Pontault-Combault]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 37,617
|-
| [[Savigny-le-Temple]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 29,987
|-
| [[Bussy-Saint-Georges]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 26,597
|-
| [[Villeparisis]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 26,580
|-
| [[Champs-sur-Marne]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 25,654
|-
| [[Roissy-en-Brie]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 22,851
|-
| [[Dammarie-lès-Lys]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 22,128
|}

===Climate===
Seine-et-Marne has a temperate Atlantic climate. The average rainfall is based upon that of [[Fontainebleau]], giving an average rainfall of {{convert|650|mm|1|abbr=on}}, which is higher than the average of [[Île-de-France]]: {{convert|600|mm|1|abbr=on}}. Average temperature in [[Melun]] during the 1953–2002 period was {{convert|3.2|°C|°F}} for January and {{convert|18.6|°C|°F}} for July.

The [[Cyclone Lothar|storm of 26 December 1999]] led to five deaths in Seine-et-Marne and caused several trees to fall.