Seine-Et-Marne
a department in E, a department the N. E. of France, comprising a part of the old province of Ilede-France, having N. the departments Oise and Aisne, E. Aube and Marne, S. Yonne and Loiret, and W. Loiret and Seine-et-Oise; area, 2,275 square miles. The surface is undulating, and the soil fertile. Rivers, Seine, Marne, Yonne, and Ourcq. Products, wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, etc. Numerous cattle and sheep are raised. Manufactures before the World War, cotton and linen fabrics, hardware and cutlery, earthenware, leather and paper. Chief towns, Melun, the capital, Coulommiers, Fontainebleau, Meaux, and Provins. The department suffered severely in the German invasion of France in 1914. Meaux was the point nearest to Paris reached by the German armies. Pop. about 363,500.