Thomery
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau | |
| Canton | Montereau-Fault-Yonne | |
| Community association | Moret Seine et Loing | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ' N , 2 ° 47' E | |
| height | 42-96 m | |
| surface | 3.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,467 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 935 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 77810 | |
| INSEE code | 77463 | |
| Website | www.mairiethomery.com | |
 Thomery Town Hall |
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Thomery is a French commune with 3467 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region . It belongs to the canton of Montereau-Fault-Yonne in the Arrondissement of Fontainebleau .
geography
Thomery consists of By , a former independent municipality, and the hamlets of Monforts and Effondré.
Neighboring municipalities are Samoreau in the north-west, Féricy and Machault in the north and north-east , Avon and Fontainebleau in the west, Veneux-les-Sablons and Champagne-sur-Seine in the east and south-west .
history
Thomery had been a manse of the Saint-Denis de la Chartre priory in Paris since the 11th century .
In the 19th century Thomery became known for its special cultivation of table grapes , which brought great prosperity to the place until the beginning of the 19th century.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1949 | 1906 | 2249 | 2649 | 3025 | 3203 | 3345 | 3493 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Thomery
- Church Saint-Amand , built in the 13th century ( monument historique )
- Museum Rosa Bonheur , housed in her home and studio
- Walls with vines (Monument historique)
economy
For a long time Thomery was shaped by viticulture . Between the two world wars, a rolling bearing factory was established that had up to 700 employees. In 1964 it was taken over by the Swedish group SKF , whose part of the company that was sold still employs around 100 people in the village.
Thomery is on the Paris – Marseille railway line .
Town twinning
Personalities
- Rosa Bonheur , painter, lived in the By district of Thomery, where she died in 1899
- Adrienne Clostre , a composer born in Thomery, received the Prix de Rome in 1949
- Francis Gruber (1912–1948), painter, son of the glass painter Jacques Grüber , lived in Thomery and was buried in the communal cemetery
- Fernand Gregh (1873-1960), French poet and literary critic, who received his artist friends in his house in the district of By, called Bois-Billaud
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 1015-1019.
Web links
- Thomery at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)