Veneux-Les Sablons
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| local community | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne | |
| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Fontainebleau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 23 ' N , 2 ° 48' E | |
| Post Code | 77250 | |
| Former INSEE code | 77491 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.veneuxlessablons.fr/ | |
 Rue Chevrier in Veneux-les-Sablons |
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Veneux-les-Sablons is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Moret-Loing et Orvanne with 4,744 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Seine-et-Marne and the region Ile-de-France . Champagne-sur-Seine is located in the Fontainebleau arrondissement . The inhabitants are called Veneusia .
The municipality of Veneux-Les Sablons was incorporated into Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne on January 1, 2017. It belonged to the canton of Montereau-Fault-Yonne .
geography
Veneux-les-Sablons lies on the Seine . To the west is the Fontainebleau forest .
The municipality of Veneux-les-Sablons was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Champagne-sur-Seine and Thomery in the north, Saint-Mammès in the northeast, Écuelles and Moret-sur-Loing in the southeast, Épisy and Montigny-sur-Loing in the southwest and Fontainebleau in the Northwest.
The station is on the Paris – Marseille railway line .
The Aqueduc de la Voulzie , an aqueduct from 1926 that branches off the Voulzie and leads over the Seine to Paris, is worth seeing .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 2725 | 3158 | 3797 | 4051 | 4298 | 4617 | 4736 | 4820 |
Attractions
- Saint-Philippe-et-Saint-Jacques church, built in 1828,
- Villa Greffièrs from the late 17th century
- 19th century Villa Aignon
- 19th century wash house
Personalities
- Roger Godeau (1920-2000), track cyclist
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the Czech community Louny (German: Laun) in the Ústí nad Labem region since 2004 and with the German city of Zschopau in Saxony since 2010.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , pp. 1019-1021.
