La Chapelle-Rablais
Commune
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Coordinates: 48°30′43″N 2°58′21″E / 48.5119°N 2.9725°E / 48.5119; 2.9725
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Provins
Canton	Nangis
Intercommunality	CC Brie Nangissienne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marcel Fontellio[1]
Area 1	15.44 km2 (5.96 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	899
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77089 /77370
Elevation	104–136 m (341–446 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Chapelle-Rablais (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl ʁablɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Its inhabitants are called the Capello-Rablaisiens.

Geography

Location

La Chapelle-Rablais is located in the heart of Brie, 8 km (4.97 miles) southwest of Nangis.

Bordering municipalities

Geology and relief

The town is classified in seismicity zone 1, corresponding to a very low seismicity.^[3]

Hydrography

The municipality's hydrographic system consists of nine referenced rivers:

• the Almont (or ru d'Ancœur or ru de Courtenain), which is 42.15  km long^[4] and a tributary of the Seine, as well as;
  • the Courtenain arm, 0.53  km  ;
  • the ditch 01 of the Grand Buisson du Mée, 1.35  km, and;
  • Mauny stream 01, 1.16  km, tributaries of the Almont;
    • the ditch 01 of the Bois de Putemuse, 1.04  km  , tributary of the stream 01 of Mauny;
• the Ru de Villefermoy, 8.19  km  ;
  • the Ru des Prés des Vallées, 3.97  km  , and;
  • the ditch 02 of the Bois de la Chapelle, 3.61  km, and;
  • the ditch 01 of the Forêt Domaniale de Villefermoy, 2.95  km, which merges with the ru de Villefermoy.

The overall linear length of watercourses in the municipality is 11.01 km (6.84 mi).^[5]

Communication and Transport Routes

The closest station to the town is the Nangis station on the Paris-Est - Provins line of the Transilien Paris-Est network. This line is now served by new Bombardier B 82500 dual-energy trains .

Urbanism

Localities, deviations and districts

The town has 47 administrative localities listed including Les Montils, and Les Moyeux .

Land use

In 2018,^[6] the territory of the municipality was 53.4% being forest land, 40.3% arable land, 4.6% of urbanized areas and 1.7% of artificial green spaces that were of non-agricultural purpose^[7][5]