Villeroy (French: [vilʁwa] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is at Villeroy that the famous French poet Charles Péguy lost his life, the day before the beginning of the Battle of the Marne in the first world war. There is a monument to him there.
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 The town hall in Villeroy | |
Location of Villeroy  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°58′56″N 2°46′56″E / 48.9822°N 2.7822°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Meaux |
| Canton | Claye-Souilly |
| Intercommunality | CC Plaines et Monts de France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Lathelize[1] |
Area 1 | 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 699 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77515 /77410 |
| Elevation | 81–130 m (266–427 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
See also
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edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
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