Nogent-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. The headquarters of The Soufflet Group is located here, as is the Musée Camille Claudel. The large Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is also located here.
Population
Notable figures Sculptor Alfred Boucher was born and raised here. He later expanded his career in Paris, where he also acted as a teacher and mentor to younger sculptors.
Camille Claudel, known as a sculptor, lived in Nogent-sur-Seine with her family from 1876 to 1879.
Frédéric Moreau, the hero of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education, is identified as a native of Nogent-sur-Seine.
The abbey of Nogent-sur-Seine was destroyed during the French Revolution. Fragments of it were used in 1817 in making the canopy over the graves of Pierre Abélard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
International relations Nogent-sur-Seine is twinned with: Rielasingen-Worblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - since 1973 Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal - 1987
See also Communes of the Aube department List of medieval bridges in France Paul Dubois (sculptor)
References
External links
Official town website Dubois-Boucher Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine Félix Charpentier. Sculpture in musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher