Nogent-sur-Marne () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 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 have been 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 medieval French "Villeneuve" or English "Newtown".
In the Middle Ages, several castles were built. Le Château de Plaisance was built in the 13th century and 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 Château 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 was destroyed once on 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.
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1879 and on the edge of the town is Paris' Tropical Agronomy Garden.
Isolated since 1854 by the construction of a viaduct for the Paris–Mulhouse line, the commune of Le Perreux sur Marne was 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.
Population
International relations
Nogent-sur-Marne is twinned with:
Bolesławiec, Poland Nazaré, Portugal Siegburg, Germany Val Nure, Italy Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
The commune also has agreements of friendship and co-operation with:
Figueira da Foz, Portugal Jezzine, Lebanon Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan Metula, Israël Nouvion-le-Vineux, France
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: (Paris ↔ East of France, forms part of and ) (Paris Super-Périphérique) both at 03 - A4–A86 Junction, Nogent-sur-Marne
by boat, by Marne, from Paris.
Education The commune has the following public preschools and primary schools:"L'école primaire ." Nogent-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Preschools: Fontenay, Gallieni, Val de Beauté, Paul Bert, and Guy Môquet Elementary schools: Paul Bert, Guy Môquet, Val de Beauté School groups (combined preschool and elementary school): Léonard de Vinci and Victor Hugo
The commune has two public junior high schools, Collège Watteau and Collège Branly. Collège Pierre Brossolette is in nearby Le Perreux. The commune has two public academic high schools/sixth-form colleges, and Lycée Louis Armand, as well as two vocational high schools, La Source and Val de Beauté."Établissements d'enseignement secondaire publics ." Nogent-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Private schools:
Bibliothèque Cavanna serves as the municipal library.Home. Bibliothèque Cavanna. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Notable people Famous people born in Nogent-sur-Marne
Kareen Antonn, singer Emile Armet de Lisle, industrialist and chemist Jacques de Sieyes, WWI hero, activist Noura Ben Slama, handball player Mamadi Berthe, footballer Cindy Billaud, athlete François Cavanna, author and satirical newspaper editor Émilie Deleuze, film director Auguste Dussourd, squash player Coralie Demay, racing cyclist Thierry Escaich, organist and composer Stéphane Galifi, squash player Patrice Gerges, Paralympic athlete Jean Giraud, comics artist Mélissa Gomes, footballer Johanne Gomis, basketball player Magaye Gueye, footballer Jean-Jacques Guissart, rower Cloé Hache, swimmer Loic Korval, judoka Stephane Lambese, footballer Henri Lebègue, palaeographer Stéphane Lecat, long-distance swimmer Romain Le Gac, ice dancer Philippe Louviot, cyclist Louis Massignon, academic and scholar of Islamic studies Bertrand de Montaudoüin, athlete and soldier Maria Murano, opera singer Lilian Nalis, footballer Pierre Oster, poet Jeff Panacloc, ventriloquist Pierre Papadiamandis, pianist and songwriter Michel-Marie Poulain, painter Cécile Rigaux, beach volleyball player Jacques Sablon, actor Jean Sablon, singer and actor Baïssama Sankoh, footballer Franck Signorino, footballer Amadou Soukouna, footballer Félix Trombe, engineer and physicist Christian Vander, musician Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, chess grandmaster Marc Vignal, musicologist Nicolas Taravel, footballer
Lived in or associated with Nogent-sur-Marne
André Bazin, film critic and theorist Jules Benoit-Lévy, painter and engraver Bérurier Noir, punk rock band Maurice Boitel, painter Mathieu Boogaerts, singer and songwriter Benjamin Castaldi, television host Arlette Chabot, journalist Zhang Chongren, sculptor and friend of Hergé Paul Colin, graphic artist and illustrator Ciryl Gane, mixed martial artist Marcel Gimond, sculptor Yvette Horner, accordionist and pianist Daniel du Janerand, painter Maxime Lalanne, painter Alexandre Langlois, indologist Clément Michu, actor Tony Muréna, accordionist and composer Pierre Pincemaille, organist Lazare Ponticelli, veteran of the First World War Jules Rossi, cyclist Michel Rousseau, swimmer Charles Trenet, singer and songwriter Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, military commander Laurent Voulzy, singer and songwriter Antoine Watteau, painter
Mustafa Shokay, kazakh social and political activist
See also Communes of the Val-de-Marne department Les Halles
References
External links
Nogent-sur-Marne official website Nogent-sur-Marne local community website Association du Coteau de Nogent sur Marne Nogent-sur-Marne's association for the protection of the environment