Seine-et-Marne, a north-midland department of France lying E. of Seine; the Marne crosses the N. and the Seine the S.; has a fertile soil, which grows in abundance cereals, vegetables, and fruits; many fine woods, including Fontainebleau Forest, diversify its undulating surface. Melun (capital) and Fontainebleau are among its important towns.
Population (circa 1900) given as 356,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Seine * Seine-et-Oise