Nogent-sur-Seine explained

Nogent-sur-Seine
Commune Status:Subprefecture and commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Nogent sur seine.svg
Arrondissement:Nogent-sur-Seine
Canton:Nogent-sur-Seine
Insee:10268
Postal Code:10400
Mayor:Estelle Bomberger-Rivot[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Nogentais
Coordinates:48.4942°N 3.5033°W
Elevation Min M:60
Elevation Max M:113
Area Km2:20.08

Nogent-sur-Seine (pronounced as /fr/) 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

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:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.