Pomponne () is a
commune in the
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the ﾃ四e-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
ﾃ四e-de-France
The ﾃ四e-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
region
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in north-central
France
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.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Pomponnais'' in French.
History
On 23 December 1933,
the second worst train accident in France occurred in Pomponne with a
rear-end collision
A rear-end collision, often called rear-ending or, in the UK, a shunt, occurs when a forward-moving vehicle crashes into the back of another vehicle (often stationary) in front of it. Similarly, rear-end classification of railway accidents, ra ...
of Paris-Nancy express and Paris-Strasbourg fast train. 230 people were killed and 300 injured aboard the Nancy express as its 7 wood coaches were smashed. The driver of the Strasbourg train had
passed a signal at danger
A signal passed at danger (SPAD) is an event on a railway where a train passes a stop signal without authority. This is also known as running a red, in the United States as a stop signal overrun (SSO) and in Canada as passing a stop signal. SP ...
in darkness and fog, but the
"Crocodile" acoustic warning system was found to have failed because the contacts had iced over.
See also
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References
External links
Official site
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Communes of Seine-et-Marne
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