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|région=
Île-de-France
|département=
Seine-et-Marne(
préfecture)
|arrondissement=Melun
|canton= Chief town of 2 cantons:
Melun-Nord,
Melun-Sud
|insee=77288
|cp=77000
|maire=Gérard Millet (
UMP)
|mandat=
2008 –
2014
|intercomm=
Communauté d'agglomération Melun-Val de Seine
|alt moy=54 m
|alt mini=37 m
|alt maxi=102 m
|km²=8.04
|sans=
37,800
35,695
|date-sans=Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
|dens=4,701
|date-dens=2005
|}}
Melun is a
commune in the southeastern
suburbs of
Paris,
France. It is located 41.4 km. (25.7 miles) from the
center of Paris. Melun is the
préfecture (capital) of the
Seine-et-Marne département, as well as the seat of the
Arrondissement of Melun.
Its inhabitants are called
Melunais.
History
Meledunum began as a Gaulish town;
Caesar noted Melun as "a town of the
Senones, situated on an island in the Seine"; at the island there was a wooden bridge, which his men repaired. Roman Meledunum was a
mutatio where fresh horses were kept available for official couriers on the
Roman road south-southeast of Paris, where it forded the Seine.
The
Normans sacked it in
845. The castle of Melun became a royal residence of the Capetian kings.
Hugh Capet gave Melun to Bouchard, his favorite. In the reign of Hugh's son,
Robert II of France,
Eudes, the
count of Champagne, bought the city, and the king took it back for the viscount in
999. Le Chatelain and his wife, who had sold the city, were hanged. Robert died there in July 1031.
Melun, ancient family (or household)
1. The first of this household is Josselin I. by name, viscount of Melun, who reigned among the great lords in the court of kings Hugh Capet, and
Robert. In
998, he gave the village of
Noisy-le-Sec to the monastery of
Saint-Maur-des-Fossez, where he took upon himself the monk's habit, and where he died March 19, (no year given: probably 998/999).
On
February 26,
999 Josselin I De Melun's grandson Manasses supported by Eudes, Count of Chartres and the mayor of Melun took control claiming the important riverside castle and village. They didn't hold it long. King Robert, along with Bouchard for Herve, laid
siege in 999 and forced those fighting against hereditary rights to pay with their lives. The mayor and Eudes were hanged with many others, but there's no further mention of Manasses.
2. Herve, viscount of Melun. He was still living in
1030 by report of the author of Miracles of Saint Liesne, and who was the father of Ursion, who follows.
3. Ursion I. He had Guillaume I. who follows; and Manasses who took the side of Le Chatelain of Cambray against the bishop of this city.
4. Guillaume I., of name, Viscount of Melun. "He was named "Carpenter" because no weapon (opponents weapons that is) could be found that could resist the power of his strikes. The heaviness of his (weapons) resulted in him being feared in combats. Carpenters must have been among the most well built people at the time ..."
This is the report of Pierre, monk of S. Remi of
Reims. This historian, who knew Guillaume count of Melun, assures in the fourth book of his history of the conquest of the Holy Land, speaking of the retreat of the Christian army after the
taking of Antioch in
1098, that this lord was of royal lineage, and was cousin of
Hugues of France, count of Vermandois, brother of king
Phillipe I. In
1084, this king confirmed the privileges accorded by his predecessors to the abbey of Holy Father of Melun, and to the prayer of the viscount. The name of his wife and the time of his death are not well known. He was the father of Ursion II De Melun.
Robert, monk of
Saint Remy de Reims, in his history of the Holy Land, Book 4, wrote that the house of Melun came from royal origins. He gathered "titles and monuments" of that great house, intended for a genealogical history more complete than could be given here. The first of that ancient house, whose memory is preserved to the present day, is…"
Transport
Melun is served by
Melun station, which is an interchange station on Paris
RER line D, on the
Transilien Paris – Lyon suburban rail line, and on several national rail lines.
Sights
The nearby
chateau of
Vaux-le-Vicomte is considered a smaller predecessor of
Palace of Versailles.
Miscellaneous
The officers' school of the
French Gendarmerie is located in Melun.
Births
Melun was the birthplace of:
Twin towns
Melun is twinned with:
Ouidah, Benin
Spelthorne, England
Crema, Italy
Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
Notes and references
Initial text from the "Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2001" Compiled by John R. Carpenter.
The Viscounts and Counts of Melun are listed in ES (Detlev Schwennicke, "Europäische Stammtafeln," Neue Folge) Volume VII, Tafels 55 & 56. Further Information
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