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Reuil-en-Brie (, ) is a commune in the
Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...
department in the
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in north-central
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. The settlement grew up around the monastery founded by Rado, a mayor of the palace of Burgundy, in about 630, which from his name was called ''Radolium''.''quod ex suo nomine Radolium vocavit'' (''Life of St. Agile'', ca 684–690 (''
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'', August VI:582), noted i
Pierre-Henri Billy, Patrociny settlement names in France
. In later times it was a priory of
Cluny Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...
.


Population

The inhabitants are called ''Reuillois''.


See also

* Reuil *
Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Seine-et-Marne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):


References

Communes of Seine-et-Marne {{Meaux-geo-stub