Crécy-la-Chapelle (French pronunciation: [kʁesi la ʃapɛl] (listen)) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Crécy-la-Chapelle
Commune
The town hall in Crécy-la-Chapelle
Coat of arms
Location of Crécy-la-Chapelle
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Coordinates: 48°51′23″N 2°54′40″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Meaux
Canton	Serris
Intercommunality	CA Coulommiers Pays de Brie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Carouge[1]
Area 1	15.78 km2 (6.09 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	4,713
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77142 /77580
Elevation	45–157 m (148–515 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Crécy-la-Chapelle is crossed by the river Grand Morin. The ground of the area is limestone. Crécy-la-Chapelle station has rail connections to Chelles and Paris.

Localities within the commune are Crécy Bourg, Montbarbin, Serbonne, la Chapelle-sur-Crécy, Libernon, Mongrolle, Férolles, Montaudier, la Grand-Cour, les Hauts-Soleil, le Choisiel, le Souterain, Montpichet.

Demographics

The inhabitants are called Créçois.

Politics and administration

The town is twinned with Pielenhofen

Local culture and heritage

Spots and monuments

• Collegiale Notre-Dame de Crécy-la-Chapelle,[3] classified monument historique since 1846.[4]
• Saint-Georges church.
• Beffroi.
• Quai des Tanneries.
• Tour aux Saints.
• War memorial for WW1 (Edme Marie Cadoux).
• The local museum is Musée de France, au sens de la loi No. 2002-5 du 4 January 2002 ; It is closed now (January 2013).

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  House where lived the artist Corot.
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  Wall walk.
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  Belfry dating from the 19th century built on a tower dating from 12th century.
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  War memorial.
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  Vestige of the delivery service.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crécy-la-Chapelle.

• 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)
• Official website of the city (in French)

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