Nogent-sur-Seine
Nogent-sur-Seine (French: [nɔ.ʒɑ̃.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.
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 Watermill on the Seine | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Nogent-sur-Seine 
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| Coordinates: 48°29′39″N 3°30′12″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 (2017-01-01)[1] | 5,980 |
| • 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. | |
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% |
Nogent Nuclear Power Plant from the air, 2012
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
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
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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
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