Nogent-sur-Seine
Nogent-sur-Seine | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Watermill on the Seine | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Nogent-sur-Seine | |
Nogent-sur-Seine Nogent-sur-Seine | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2020–2026) | Estelle Bomberger-Rivot[1] |
Area 1 | 20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 5,537 |
| • Density | 275.7/km2 (714.2/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 pronunciation: [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 also located here.
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Notable figures
Sculptor Alfred Boucher was born and raised here. He later expanded his career in Paris, where he also acted as a teacher and mentor to younger sculptors.
Camille Claudel, known as a sculptor, lived in Nogent-sur-Seine with her family from 1876 to 1879.
Frédéric Moreau, the hero of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education, is identified as 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
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Nogent-sur-Seine, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
- Official town website (in French)
- Dubois-Boucher Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine (in French)
- Félix Charpentier. Sculpture in musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher