Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne

Saint-Fiacre is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

For other places with the same name, see Saint-Fiacre (disambiguation).
Saint-Fiacre
Commune
A general view of Saint-Fiacre
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Fiacre
Saint-Fiacre
Saint-Fiacre
Coordinates: 48°55′22″N 2°57′17″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementMeaux
CantonSerris
IntercommunalityCA Pays de Meaux
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Vavon
Area
1
2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
402
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77408 /77470
Elevation97–168 m (318–551 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is named after Saint Fiacre who built a hospice for travelers at the end of the 6th century in what is now Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne. He is still revered as the patron saint of Saint-Fiacre.

Cultural references
  • In Georges Simenon's L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre[2] (published in English translation in various editions as 'Maigret Goes Home') Saint-Fiacre is named as the famous detective's birthplace.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Simenon, G. (1931). Chez les Flamands ; Liberty Bar ; L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre. Paris: Bibliothèque Simenon, Librairie Arthème Fayard.


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