Nogent-le-Roi

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Nogent-le-Roi
Coat of arms of Nogent-le-Roi
Nogent-le-Roi (France)
Nogent-le-Roi
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Dreux
Canton Epernon
Community association Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France
Coordinates 48 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  E
height 91-138 m
surface 13.01 km 2
Residents 4,084 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 314 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 28210
INSEE code

Nogent-le-Roi Castle

Nogent-le-Roi is a French municipality with 4084 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Dreux and the canton Épernon and lies on the banks of the river Eure .

history

Charles I , Count of Valois , Titular King of Aragón and Valencia , Count of Barcelona , Count of Alençon , Chartres and Le Perche , papal vicar in Italy and governor of Romagna, died in Nogent-le-Roi on December 5 or 16, 1325 , Titular Emperor of Constantinople , Regent of France.

During the Second World War there was a field airfield to the south of the town , which the German Air Force only used more intensively between the end of June and mid-August 1944 when the II. Group of Jagdgeschwader 3 (II./JG 3) equipped with Bf 109G was located here.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 1733 7189 1517 3267 3832 4142 4157 4084
Sources: Cassini and INSEE
Saint-Sulpice church

Parish partnership

Nogent-le-Roi has had a partnership with Heddesheim , a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in Germany , since 1974 .

Web links

Commons : Nogent-le-Roi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. L'aérodrome a joué un rôle en 39-45, L'Echo Republicain, November 2, 2013