Nogent-sur-Seine
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Aube | |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Canton | Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Community association | Nogentais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 30 ′ N , 3 ° 30 ′ E | |
| height | 60-113 m | |
| surface | 20.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,980 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 298 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 10400 | |
| INSEE code | 10268 | |
| Website | www.ville-nogent-sur-seine.fr | |
 Saint Laurent Church |
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Nogent-sur-Seine [ nɔ.ʒã.syʁ.sɛn ] is a French commune with 5980 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aube department in the Grand Est region ; it is the administrative seat ( sub-prefecture ) of the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Seine .
geography
Nogent lies on the Seine , which is navigable up to this point, and on the road from Provins to Romilly-sur-Seine . The Nogent nuclear power plant is located about two kilometers upstream .
Neighboring communities
- Le Mériot in the northwest
- Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle in the north
- La Saulsotte in the north
- Marnay-sur-Seine to the northeast and east
- Saint-Aubin in the southeast
- Fontaine-Mâcon in the south
- Fontenay-de-Bossery in the southwest
- La Motte-Tilly to the west
history
Nogent-sur-Seine already existed in Gallo-Roman times. From the 12th century, the city belonged to the county of Champagne. It was destroyed by fire in 1442. In February 1814 ( battle near Mormant ) the city suffered damage. Napoleon's troops could not hold the city and blew up a bridge behind them when they withdrew.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 3777 | 4447 | 4671 | 5009 | 5505 | 5963 | 5984 | 5973 |
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Town twinning
- Rielasingen-Worblingen am Bodensee , Germany, since 1973
- Joal-Fadiouth , Senegal, since 1987
Attractions
- Saint-Laurent Church (15th-17th centuries; Gothic and Renaissance)
- Museum Paul Dubois et Alfred Boucher , founded in 1902 by Alfred Boucher : archeology, painting, sculpture; around since 2017 Museum Camille Claudel extended
- Henri IV Pavilion
- Chapel Dieu de Pitié
- Cemetery with the statue “la Douleur” by Alfred Boucher
Personalities
- Frédéric Kowal (* 1970), rower
literature
- Some passages in Gustave Flaubert's novel L'Éducation sentimentale are set in Nogent; the place is used here as a typical provincial town - and as a counterpart to Paris.
- 1988 wrote Hélène crié and Yves Lenoir novel Chernobyl sur Seine , where a nuclear accident at the nuclear power station Nogent is described.
