Seine-et-Marne: Disneyland, Fontainebleau, and the Eastern Sprawl
Seine-et-Marne is the largest department in the Ile-de-France region by area, stretching east from the Paris suburbs into agricultural countryside. Its defining feature for many is Disneyland Paris at Marne-la-Vallee, which opened in 1992 and is the most visited theme park in Europe. Fontainebleau, with its vast royal chateau and surrounding forest, is the other major draw.
Melun is the prefecture, a modest town on the Seine. Meaux, in the north, is known for its Brie cheese. Provins, a medieval trading town, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The department's population exceeds 1.45 million and continues to grow as housing costs push Parisians further from the centre. The new towns of Marne-la-Vallee and Senart were planned in the 1960s and 1970s to absorb suburban expansion.
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Seine-et-Marne is the largest department in the Ile-de-France region by area, stretching east from the Paris suburbs into agricultural countryside. Its defining feature for many is Disneyland Paris at Marne-la-Vallee, which opened in 1992 and is the most visited theme park in Europe. Fontainebleau, with its vast royal chateau and surrounding forest, is the other major draw.
Melun is the prefecture, a modest town on the Seine. Meaux, in the north, is known for its Brie cheese. Provins, a medieval trading town, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The department's population exceeds 1.45 million and continues to grow as housing costs push Parisians further from the centre. The new towns of Marne-la-Vallee and Senart were planned in the 1960s and 1970s to absorb suburban expansion.
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