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    Metropolitan Department

    Seine-et-Marne

    France · Europe

    Seine-et-Marne is a metropolitan department of France, in Europe. It lies on the Eurasian Plate.

    Tectonic Plates

    Recorded Natural Hazards (Géorisques)

    It has 507 municipalities and 1,468,108 inhabitants. Under the seismic zoning in force since 2011, its highest seismicity is very low (zone 1 of 5). A natural disaster has been declared 4,063 times since 1982 (one declaration per municipality and decree), mostly for floods (2,603) and drought (868). The most recent was signed on 8 July 2025. 162 municipalities are covered by an approved natural hazard prevention plan.

    Seismicity Zones

    Number of municipalities in each zone of the regulatory seismic zoning (from 1, very low, to 5, high).

    1. Very Low507 municipalities

    Natural Disasters Declared Since 1982

    Floods and Mudflows2,603
    Drought (Clay Shrinkage)868
    Ground Movements584
    Storms4
    Hail4

    Declarations per five-year period.

    1982 : 990 990 1982 1987 : 303 303 1992 : 401 401 1992 1997 : 1148 1148 2002 : 113 113 2002 2007 : 79 79 2012 : 267 267 2012 2017 : 613 613 2022 : 149 149 2022

    Most Widespread Events

    • 1999Ground Movements · 25 December 1999507 municipalities
    • 1983Floods and Mudflows · 1 April 1983507 municipalities
    • 1999Floods and Mudflows · 25 December 1999507 municipalities
    • 1982Floods and Mudflows · 8 December 1982194 municipalities
    • 2016Floods and Mudflows · 28 May 2016138 municipalities
    • 1995Floods and Mudflows · 17 January 199579 municipalities

    Most Frequently Affected Municipalities

    • 30Crécy-la-Chapelle
    • 27Esbly
    • 26Pommeuse
    • 25Chelles
    • 25Condé-Sainte-Libiaire
    • 25Pomponne
    • 24Coulommiers
    • 24Coupvray

    Hazards Listed by Municipality

    Number of municipalities exposed to each natural hazard according to the departmental major risks file.

    Ground Movement507
    Flooding209
    Wildfire36

    Hazards at a specific address on Géorisques

    Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Géorisques (ministère de la Transition écologique, BRGM, IRSN), base GASPAR · INSEE