- Saints, Seine-et-Marne
French commune
nomcommune=Saints
x = 151
y = 76
lat_long=coord|48|45|34|N|3|3|4|E
insee=77433
cp=77120
région=Île-de-France
département=Seine-et-Marne
arrondissement=Meaux
canton=Coulommiers
maire=Bernard Jacotin
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Avenir et développement du secteur des Trois Rivières
alt mini=79 m
alt maxi=156 m
km²=20.04
sans=1,173
date-sans=1999
dens=60
date-dens=1999Saints is a French commune located in the
Seine-et-Marne "département", in the Île-de-France "région".History
Saints is a small town so small that it fails to make any of the large Michelin or IGN fold out maps of France. But it is there and has been since at least the 1100s when it appears on early maps as "Sanz". Saints is a beautiful, simple and typical agricultural French village perched gently above the Petit Aubetin River, modest homes speckled with fired clay tile roofs and near white stucco walls and a single Romanesque parish church somewhere between 500 to 1,000 years old depending on which stones we’re talking about.
This one tiny village became the operating base of almost the entire US Air Service — precursor to today’s great and mighty US Air Force — for just short of two months – from July 8 to September 1, 1918 out of the seven months it saw combat.
Two adjacent villages —
Mauperthuis andTouquin — also play a role in the lives of these men and the US Air Service. The men were based in Touquin from the end of June until July 8th, when they moved to Saints. And the men were lodged in Mauperthuis, half a mile from Saints, while they were flying out of Saints.Quentin Roosevelt was based here when he was shot down and killed.Demographics
Inhabitants of Saints are called "Saintois".
At the 1999
census , the village had a population of formatnum:1173.Administration
The Mayor (as of March, 2008) is Monsieur Bernard Jacotin.
ee also
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Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department External links
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos77433.html 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région] en
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=77433 French Ministry of Culture list for Saints] fr
* [http://www.usaww1.com July 14, 2008 - 90th anniversary Commemoration of United States Air Service in France]
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