Thorigny-sur-Marne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Adjustable Map: | Map commune FR insee code 77464.png |
Coordinates: | 48.8844°N 2.7142°W |
Insee: | 77464 |
Postal Code: | 77400 |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Thorigny-sur-Marne.svg |
Image Coat Of Arms Size: | 80px |
Arrondissement: | Torcy |
Canton: | Lagny-sur-Marne |
Mayor: | Manuel Luis Da Silva[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Marne et Gondoire |
Elevation Min M: | 38 |
Elevation Max M: | 122 |
Area Km2: | 5.17 |
Thorigny-sur-Marne (in French pronounced as /tɔʁiɲi syʁ maʁn/, literally Thorigny on Marne) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Inhabitants of Thorigny-sur-Marne are called Thorigniens.
the three preschools have 376 students, and the three elementary schools have 640 students. The preschools are: Ecole Maternellle Les Cerisiers, Ecole Maternelle Clémenceau, and Ecole Maternelle Les Pointes. The elementary schools are Ecole Elémentaire Les Cerisiers, Ecole Elémentaire Gambetta, and Ecole Elémentaire Les Pointes.[2] The commune has one junior high school, Collège du Moulin à vent, and a vocational high school, Lycée Auguste Perdonnet. The area general senior high school/sixth form college, Lycée Van Dongen, is in Lagny-sur-Marne.[3]
In 1649, during the reign of Louis XIV, Thorigny-Sur-Marne was brutally pillaged for 12 days by the Regiment de Conti after agreeing to give them quarter.[4] Witnesses describe how they "used extraordinary violence, having beaten and ransomed the inhabitants, pillaged and burned their furnishings...cut down their fruit trees...eaten and scattered their flock."[5]