Meaux

Meaux
Façade of the Meaux city hall (built in 1900)
Coat of arms
Meaux
Location within Île-de-France region  Meaux
Coordinates: 48°57′37″N 2°53′18″E / 48.9603°N 2.8883°E / 48.9603; 2.8883Coordinates: 48°57′37″N 2°53′18″E / 48.9603°N 2.8883°E / 48.9603; 2.8883
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Meaux
Canton	Meaux-Nord and Meaux-Sud
Intercommunality	Pays de Meaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-François Copé
Area1	14.95 km2 (5.77 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	51,398
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	77284 / 77284
Elevation	39–107 m (128–351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meaux (French pronunciation: ​[mo]) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 41.1 km (25.5 mi) east-northeast from the center of Paris.

Meaux is a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) of the Seine-et-Marne department. In France, a subprefecture is the chef-lieu (the seat or administrative capital) of an arrondissement: Meaux is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Meaux. It is also the chef-lieu of two other smaller administrative land divisions: the cantons of Meaux-Nord and Meaux-Sud. Finally, since its creation in 2003, Meaux has been the center and the main town of an agglomeration community, the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Meaux.

With a population of 51,398 inhabitants (2012 census), Meaux is the second most populated city in the Seine-et-Marne department after Chelles (53,090 inhabitants in 2012).