Nogent-sur-Seine
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Nogent-sur-Seine | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
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Nogent-sur-Seine | |
Coordinates: 48°29′39″N 3°30′12″E / 48.4942°N 3.5033°ECoordinates: 48°29′39″N 3°30′12″E / 48.4942°N 3.5033°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Aube |
Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Seine |
Canton | Nogent-sur-Seine |
Intercommunality | Nogentais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Hugues Fadin |
Area 1 | 20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 5,987 |
• Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 10268 /10400 |
Elevation | 60–113 m (197–371 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Nogent-sur-Seine (French: [nɔʒɑ̃ syʁ sɛn]) 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 located here.
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1793 | 3,174 | — |
1800 | 3,201 | +0.9% |
1806 | 3,158 | −1.3% |
1821 | 2,926 | −7.3% |
1831 | 3,277 | +12.0% |
1836 | 3,355 | +2.4% |
1841 | 3,383 | +0.8% |
1846 | 3,515 | +3.9% |
1851 | 3,469 | −1.3% |
1856 | 3,486 | +0.5% |
1861 | 3,530 | +1.3% |
1866 | 3,641 | +3.1% |
1872 | 3,474 | −4.6% |
1876 | 3,435 | −1.1% |
1881 | 3,469 | +1.0% |
1886 | 3,652 | +5.3% |
1891 | 3,704 | +1.4% |
1896 | 3,723 | +0.5% |
1901 | 3,818 | +2.6% |
1906 | 3,829 | +0.3% |
1911 | 3,976 | +3.8% |
1921 | 3,373 | −15.2% |
1926 | 3,611 | +7.1% |
1931 | 3,683 | +2.0% |
1936 | 3,631 | −1.4% |
1946 | 3,589 | −1.2% |
1954 | 3,333 | −7.1% |
1962 | 3,777 | +13.3% |
1968 | 4,447 | +17.7% |
1975 | 4,671 | +5.0% |
1982 | 5,009 | +7.2% |
1990 | 5,505 | +9.9% |
1999 | 5,963 | +8.3% |
2008 | 6,060 | +1.6% |
2012 | 5,992 | −1.1% |
2016 | 5,973 | −0.3% |
2018 | 5,987 | +0.2% |
Personalities[]
Sculptor Camille Claudel lived in Nogent-sur-Seine with her family from 1876 to 1879.
Frédéric Moreau, the hero of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education, is 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[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nogent-sur-Seine. |
- Official town website (in French)
- Dubois-Boucher Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine (in French) This link is not currently active
- Félix Charpentier. Sculpture in musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher
Categories:
- Subprefectures in France
- Communes of Aube
- Champagne (province)
- Aube geography stubs