Pomponne

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pomponne

(2020–2026) Arnaud Brunet^[1]Area

7.17 km² (2.77 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,158 • Density580/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77372 /77400

Elevation37–120 m (121–394 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pomponne (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃pɔn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,304	—
1975	1,397	+0.99%
1982	2,826	+10.59%
1990	3,044	+0.93%
1999	3,256	+0.75%
2007	3,336	+0.30%
2012	3,579	+1.42%
2017	4,034	+2.42%
Source: INSEE^[3]

The inhabitants are called Pomponnais in French.

History

On 23 December 1933, the second worst train accident in France occurred in Pomponne with a rear-end collision of Paris-Nancy express and Paris-Strasbourg fast train. 230 people were killed and 300 injured aboard the Nancy express as its 7 wood coaches were smashed. The driver of the Strasbourg train had passed a signal at danger in darkness and fog, but the "Crocodile" acoustic warning system was found to have failed because the contacts had iced over.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pomponne.

Official site (in French)
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)