Nogent-sur-Marne
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| Commune of Nogent-sur-Marne | |
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| Coordinates | |
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| Longitude | 02°29'00 East |
| Latitude | 48°50'15 North |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Canton | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de la Vallée de la Marne |
| Mayor | Jacques JP Martin |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 36 m–99 m (avg. 72,73 m) |
| Land area¹ | 2.8 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
30,200 28,191 |
| - Density (2005) | 10,786/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 94052/ 94130 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Nogent-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km. (6.6 miles) from the centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
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[edit] History
Several origins of the name are proposed:
- Novigentum , "new people", i.e. prisoners brought by the Roman armies.
- Nov. indicates fatty or soaked grounds.
- Novientum which is the Gallic equivalent of Villeneuve medieval.
In the Middle Ages, several castles were built. Le Chateau de Plaisance, built in the XIIIth century, which hosted Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon in 1375. The only vestige which remains is a house of the current private hospital, 30 rue de Plaisance, as well as the bottom of the enclosing wall of the gardens. Le Chateau de Beauté sur Marne, XIVth century, is a royal stay. Cardinal de Richelieu destroyed it in 1626.
In the XVIIth century, whereas the rural population was made up of a majority of vine growers, the middle-class discovered the charms of the country, and settled in Nogent. Jean-Antoine Watteau lived in Mr. Lefevre's house his last moments and died there in 1721.
The construction of the two railway lines : Paris-Mulhouse and Bastille-La Varenne in the 1850's still accelerated the process. The viaduct, built by Auvergnats and Belgians is destroyed once in September 15, 1870. Italians rebuilt it; an Italian community was established there. Coming, for the majority, from the province of Piacenza, they were from the Valley of Nure or from the south of Tyrol.
Isolated since 1854 by the construction of a viaduct for the Paris-Mulhouse line, the commune of Le Perreux sur Marne is born after a fight of more than 10 years in 1887. On February 28, 1887, more than half of the territory of Nogent-sur-Marne was detached and became the commune of Le Perreux-sur-Marne.
In 1929, the commune of Nogent-sur-Marne lost a small part of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, the eastern fringe of which belonged to Nogent-sur-Marne.
[edit] Twin Cities
- Yverdon-les-Bains (
Switzerland) - Siegburg (
Germany) - Val Nure (
Italy) - Castiglione dei Pepoli ( Italy)
- Nazaré (
Portugal)
[edit] Transport
Nogent-sur-Marne is served by Nogent-sur-Marne station on Paris RER line A.
It is also served by Nogent – Le Perreux station on Paris RER line E.
[edit] Celebrities
[edit] Births
Famous people who were born in Nogent-sur-Marne :
- Pierre Perrier (b. in 1984), actor.
- Christian Vander (b. in 1948), musician.
[edit] Former mayors
- Antoine Louis René Prosper Bauyn De Perreuse from 1834 to 1868
- Émile Brisson from 1907 to 1919
- Pierre Champion from 1919 to 1942
- Roland Nungesser from 1959 to 1995
- Estelle Debæker from 1995 to 2001
[edit] Painters of Nogent-sur-Marne
- Louis Vuillermoz
- Paul Girol
- Maurice Boitel
- Daniel du Janerand
[edit] External links
- (French) Nogent-sur-Marne official website
- (French) Association du Coteau de Nogent sur Marne Nogent-sur-Marne's association for the protection of the environment
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