Pomponne

Pomponne
Commune
The town hall of Pomponne
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°53′04″N 2°41′21″E / 48.8844°N 2.6892°E / 48.8844; 2.6892Coordinates: 48°53′04″N 2°41′21″E / 48.8844°N 2.6892°E / 48.8844; 2.6892
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Torcy
Canton	Lagny-sur-Marne
Intercommunality	Marne et Gondoire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud Brunet
Area 1	7.17 km2 (2.77 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	4,108
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77372 /77400
Elevation	37–120 m (121–394 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pomponne (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃pɔn] (listen)) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

The inhabitants are called Pomponnais.

History[]

On 23 December 1933, the second worst train accident in France occurred in Pomponne with a rear-end collision of Paris-Nancy express and Paris-Strasbourg fast train. 230 people were killed and 300 injured aboard the Nancy express as its 7 wood coaches were smashed. The driver of the Strasbourg train had passed a signal at danger in darkness and fog, but the "Crocodile" acoustic warning system was found to have failed because the contacts had iced over.

See also[]

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pomponne.

• Official site (in French)
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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