Nemours

Nemours
Nemours
Commune
	Castle of Nemours
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°16′03″N 2°41′49″E / 48.2674°N 2.697°ECoordinates: 48°16′03″N 2°41′49″E / 48.2674°N 2.697°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Nemours
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Valérie Lacroute (LR)
Area 1	10.83 km2 (4.18 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	13,165
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77333 /77140
Elevation	57–133 m (187–436 ft) ; (avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nemours (French: [nəmuʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Geography[]

Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. 42 km (26 mi) south of Melun, on the Paris-Lyon railway.

History[]

Nemours is supposed to derive its name from the woods (nemora) in the midst of which it formerly stood, and discoveries of Gallo-Roman remains indicate its early origin. It was captured by the English in 1420, but derives its historical importance rather from the lordship, afterwards Duchy of Nemours,^[2] and the fief lords the Duke of Nemours to which it gave its name. In 1585 a treaty revoking previous concessions to the Protestants was concluded at Nemours between Catherine de' Medici and the Guises.

Sights[]

The church, which dates mainly from the sixteenth century, has a handsome wooden spire. The feudal castle, erected around 1120 was turned into a museum in the 20th century. It has a central keep with four rounded towers.

A statue of the mathematician Bézout (d. 1783), a native of the town, was erected in 1885.

In the vicinity is a group of fine sandstone rocks, and sand is extensively quarried.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants are called Nemouriens.

Hospital[]

Nemours has a campus of the Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne.

Notable people[]

Nemours was the birthplace of:

Pierre Berthier (1782-1861), geologist and mining engineer
Étienne Bézout (1730–1783), mathematician
Geoffrey Kondogbia (born 1993), professional footballer
(1833–1910), sculptor
Philippe Petit (1949-), highwire artist

Twin towns[]

Mühltal, Germany
Cerignola, Italy
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

The castle and the church bordering the Loing river

References[]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nemours". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 371.

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Le duché de Nemours, Géographie historique de la France, Histoire de l'Europe. France 2008|http://www.cosmovisions.com/histNemours.htm