Jouarre
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Meaux | |
| Canton | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre | |
| Community association | Coulommiers Pays de Brie | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 3 ° 8' E | |
| height | 51-183 m | |
| surface | 42.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,337 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 103 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77640 | |
| INSEE code | 77238 | |
Jouarre is a French municipality with 4337 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Meaux and the canton of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre . The inhabitants of Jouarre call themselves Jotranciens. The place is on the bank of the Petit Morin River .
history
In the ancient Roman Empire , Jouarre, then with the Celtic name Divodurum, was a station on the road from Durocasses ( Dreux ) to Lutetia (Paris).
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Jouarre
- Notre-Dame Abbey , Benedictine abbey , 7th century with Merovingian crypt , around 660 and thus the oldest in Europe
- Romanesque tower, 11th century
- Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church, 16th century, with the tombs of the abbesses; behind the church the cemetery cross (Jouarre)
- Town hall , built in 1775 ( Monument historique )
Personalities
- Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748–1836) botanist
- Hippolyte Fizeau (1819-1896), physicist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 542-546.
Web links
Commons : Jouarre - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the Mairie
- Website of the Office de Tourisme
- Information and pictures about the Merovingian crypts of Jouarre on the website of Werner Nolte
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Ihm : Divodurum 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 1241.