Chailly-en-Bière (French pronunciation: [ʃaji ɑ̃ bjɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Chailly-en-Bière
The town hall in Chailly-en-Bière
The town hall in Chailly-en-Bière
Coat of arms of Chailly-en-Bière
Motto: 
La main à l’œuvre (French: Time to work)
Location of Chailly-en-Bière
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Chailly-en-Bière is located in France
Chailly-en-Bière
Chailly-en-Bière
Chailly-en-Bière is located in Île-de-France (region)
Chailly-en-Bière
Chailly-en-Bière
Coordinates: 48°28′05″N 2°36′28″E / 48.4681°N 2.6078°E / 48.4681; 2.6078
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementFontainebleau
CantonFontainebleau
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Fontainebleau
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Thiery[1]
Area
1
13.08 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,118
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77069 /77930
Elevation76–93 m (249–305 ft)
Website[1]
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Painters Claude Monet and Frédéric Bazille spent time there together in 1865, and Bazille painted Monet in his work The Improvised Field Hospital.[3]

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,040—    
1975 1,315+3.41%
1982 1,757+4.23%
1990 2,029+1.82%
1999 2,129+0.54%
2007 2,144+0.09%
2012 1,951−1.87%
2017 2,037+0.87%
Source: INSEE[4]

The inhabitants are called Chaillotins in French.

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References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Manning, Mary (2013-03-01). "Monet's Vulnerable Masculinity in Frédéric Bazille's The Improvised Field Hospital". The Journal of Men's Studies. 21 (2): 127–134. doi:10.3149/jms.2102.127. ISSN 1060-8265. S2CID 147641494.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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