Nogent-sur-Marne

Nogent-sur-Marne
Paris and inner ring departments
Location within Île-de-France region  Nogent-sur-Marne
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Marne
Canton	Nogent-sur-Marne
Intercommunality	Vallée de la Marne
Mayor	Jacques JP Martin
Statistics
Elevation	36–99 m (118–325 ft)
Land area1	2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population2	31,276  (2006)
- Density	11,170 /km2 (28,900 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	94052/ 94130
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°50′15″N 2°29′00″E / 48.8375°N 2.4833°E / 48.8375; 2.4833

Nogent-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km (6.6 mi) from the centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne.

History

Several origins of the name are proposed:

• Novigentum , "new people", i.e. prisoners brought by the Roman armies.
• Nov. indicates fatty or soaked grounds.
• Novientum which is the Gallic equivalent of Villeneuve medieval.

In the Middle Ages, several castles were built. Le Chateau de Plaisance, built in the 13th century, which hosted Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon in 1375. The only vestige which remains is a house of the current private hospital, 30 rue de Plaisance, as well as the bottom of the enclosing wall of the gardens. Le Chateau de Beauté sur Marne, 14th century, is a royal stay. Cardinal de Richelieu destroyed it in 1626.

In the 17th century, whereas the rural population was made up of a majority of vine growers, the middle-class discovered the charms of the country, and settled in Nogent. Jean-Antoine Watteau lived in Mr. Lefevre's house his last moments and died there in 1721.

The construction of the two railway lines: Paris–Mulhouse and Bastille–La Varenne in the 1850s still accelerated the process. The viaduct, built by Auvergnats and Belgians is destroyed once in 15 September 1870. Italians rebuilt it; an Italian community was established there. Coming, for the majority, from the province of Piacenza, they were from the Valley of Nure or from the south of Tyrol.

Isolated since 1854 by the construction of a viaduct for the Paris–Mulhouse line, the commune of Le Perreux sur Marne is born after a fight of more than 10 years in 1887. On 28 February 1887, more than half of the territory of Nogent-sur-Marne was detached and became the commune of Le Perreux-sur-Marne.

In 1929, the commune of Nogent-sur-Marne lost a small part of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, the eastern fringe of which belonged to Nogent-sur-Marne.

Twin cities

• Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland
• Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Val Nure, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• Castiglione dei Pepoli, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• Nazaré, Centro, Portugal

Transport

• Subway (RER):
  • Nogent-sur-Marne station on Paris RER line
  • Nogent – Le Perreux station on Paris RER line

• Buses:
  • 116 (Rosny-sous-Bois - RER Val-de-Fontenay - Champigny - Saint-Maur RER)
  • 114 (Gare du Raincy-Villemonble - Château de Vincennes)
  • 113 (Nogent - Chelles)
  • 120 (Nogent - Noisy-le-Grand Mont d'Est ou Mairie)
  • 210 (Château de Vincennes - Gare de Villiers)
  • 317 (Nogent Gare SNCF - Créteil Hôtel de Ville),
• N35(Night Bus) (Gare de Lyon (75) ↔ Nogent-le-Perreux RER).

• Autoroutes:
  • A 4 (Paris ↔ East of France, forms part of E 25 and E 50)
  • A 86 (Paris Super-Périphérique)
    • both at 03 - A4–A86 Junction, Nogent-sur-Marne

• Marne, from Paris.

Personalities

Births

• Mamadi Berthe,footballer
• Johanne Gomis, basketball player
• Pierre Perrier (born 1984), actor.
• Christian Vander (born 1948), musician.
• Magaye Gueye, footballer
• Lilian Nalis (born 1971), footballer.
• Amadou Soukouna footballer

Former mayors

• Antoine Louis René Prosper Bauyn de Perreuse (1834–68)
• Émile Brisson (1907–19)
• Pierre Champion (1919–42)
• Roland Nungesser (1959–95)
• Estelle Debæker (1995–2001)

Painters of Nogent-sur-Marne

• Fernando Maza see www.earthwaveproductions.com for bio, gallery
• Louis Vuillermoz
• Paul Girol
• Maurice Boitel
• Daniel du Janerand
• Antoine Watteau

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

• (French) Nogent-sur-Marne official website
• (French) Nogent-sur-Marne local community website
• (French) Association du Coteau de Nogent sur Marne Nogent-sur-Marne's association for the protection of the environment