Area 7.17 km² Local time Thursday 7:17 PM | Region Île-de-France Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 3,309 (2006) | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind SE at 16 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
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Pomponne is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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Map of 77400 Pomponne, France
The inhabitants are called Pomponnais.
History
23 December 1933, the second worst train accident in France occurred in Pomponne with a rear-end collision 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 in darkness and fog, but the "Crocodile" acoustic warning system was found to have failed because the contacts had iced over.
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Pomponne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA