Nogent-sur-Marne

Nogent-sur-Marne is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne.
History
Several origins of the name have been proposed:
Novigentum, "new people", i.e. prisoners brought by the Roman armies.
Nov. indicates fatty or soaked grounds.
Novientum which is the Gallic equivalent of medieval French "Villeneuve" or English "Newtown".
In the Middle Ages, several castles were built. Le Château de Plaisance, built in the 13th century, which hosted Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon in 1375. The only vestige which remains is a house of the current private hospital, 30 rue de Plaisance, as well as the bottom of the enclosing wall of the gardens. Le Château de Beauté-sur-Marne, 14th century, is a royal stay. Cardinal de Richelieu destroyed it in 1626.
In the 17th century, whereas the rural population was made up of a majority of vine growers, the middle-class discovered the charms of the country, and settled in Nogent. Jean-Antoine Watteau lived in Mr. Lefevre's house his last moments and died there in 1721.
The construction of the two railway lines: Paris–Mulhouse and Bastille–La Varenne in the 1850s still accelerated the process. The viaduct, built by Auvergnats and Belgians was destroyed once on 15 September 1870. Italians rebuilt it; an Italian community was established there. Coming, for the majority, from the province of Piacenza, they were from the Valley of Nure or from the south of Tyrol.
Isolated since 1854 by the construction of a viaduct for the Paris–Mulhouse line, the commune of Le Perreux sur Marne is born after a fight of more than 10 years in 1887. On 28 February 1887, more than half of the territory of Nogent-sur-Marne was detached and became the commune of Le Perreux-sur-Marne.
In 1929, the commune of Nogent-sur-Marne lost a small part of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, the eastern fringe of which belonged to Nogent-sur-Marne.
Population
International relations
Nogent-sur-Marne is twinned with:
Bolesławiec, Poland
Nazaré, Portugal
Siegburg, Germany
Val Nure, Italy
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
The commune also has agreements of friendship and co-operation with:
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Jezzine, Lebanon
Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Metula, Israël
Nouvion-le-Vineux, France
Transport
Subway (RER):
Nogent-sur-Marne station on Paris RER line
Nogent – Le Perreux station on Paris RER line
Buses:
116 (Rosny-sous-Bois - RER Val-de-Fontenay - Champigny - Saint-Maur RER)
114 (Gare du Raincy-Villemonble - Château de Vincennes)
113 (Nogent - Chelles)
120 (Nogent - Noisy-le-Grand Mont d'Est ou Mairie)
210 (Château de Vincennes - Gare de Villiers)
317 (Nogent Gare SNCF - Créteil Hôtel de Ville),
N35 (Night Bus) (Gare de Lyon (75) ↔ Nogent-le-Perreux RER).
Autoroutes:
(Paris ↔ East of France, forms part of and )
(Paris Super-Périphérique)
both at 03 - A4–A86 Junction, Nogent-sur-Marne
by boat, by Marne, from Paris.
Education
The commune has the following public preschools and primary schools:
Preschools: Fontenay, Gallieni, Val de Beauté, Paul Bert, and Guy Môquet
Elementary schools: Paul Bert, Guy Môquet, Val de Beauté
School groups (combined preschool and elementary school): Léonard de Vinci and Victor Hugo
The commune has two public junior high schools, Collège Watteau and Collège Branly. Collège Pierre Brossolette is in nearby Le Perreux. The commune has two public academic high schools/sixth-form colleges, and Lycée Louis Armand, as well as two vocational high schools, La Source and Val de Beauté.
Private schools:
Bibliothèque Cavanna serves as the municipal library.
Notable people
Famous people born in Nogent-sur-Marne
Kareen Antonn, singer
Emile Armet de Lisle, industrialist and chemist
Jacques de Sieyes, WWI hero, activist
Noura Ben Slama, handball player
Mamadi Berthe, footballer
Cindy Billaud, athlete
François Cavanna, author and satirical newspaper editor
Émilie Deleuze, film director
Auguste Dussourd, squash player
Coralie Demay, racing cyclist
Thierry Escaich, organist and composer
Stéphane Galifi, squash player
Patrice Gerges, Paralympic athlete
Jean Giraud, comics artist
Mélissa Gomes, footballer
Johanne Gomis, basketball player
Magaye Gueye, footballer
Jean-Jacques Guissart, rower
Cloé Hache, swimmer
Loic Korval, judoka
Stephane Lambese, footballer
Henri Lebègue, palaeographer
Stéphane Lecat, long-distance swimmer
Romain Le Gac, ice dancer
Philippe Louviot, cyclist
Louis Massignon, academic and scholar of Islamic studies
Bertrand de Montaudoüin, athlete and soldier
Maria Murano, opera singer
Lilian Nalis, footballer
Pierre Oster, poet
Jeff Panacloc, ventriloquist
Pierre Papadiamandis, pianist and songwriter
Michel-Marie Poulain, painter
Cécile Rigaux, beach volleyball player
Jacques Sablon, actor
Jean Sablon, singer and actor
Baïssama Sankoh, footballer
Franck Signorino, footballer
Amadou Soukouna, footballer
Félix Trombe, engineer and physicist
Christian Vander, musician
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, chess grandmaster
Marc Vignal, musicologist
Nicolas Taravel, footballer
Lived in or associated with Nogent-sur-Marne
André Bazin, film critic and theorist
Jules Benoit-Lévy, painter and engraver
Bérurier Noir, punk rock band
Maurice Boitel, painter
Mathieu Boogaerts, singer and songwriter
Benjamin Castaldi, television host
Arlette Chabot, journalist
Zhang Chongren, sculptor and friend of Hergé
Paul Colin, graphic artist and illustrator
Ciryl Gane, mixed martial artist
Marcel Gimond, sculptor
Yvette Horner, accordionist and pianist
Daniel du Janerand, painter
Maxime Lalanne, painter
Alexandre Langlois, indologist
Clément Michu, actor
Tony Muréna, accordionist and composer
Pierre Pincemaille, organist
Lazare Ponticelli, veteran of the First World War
Jules Rossi, cyclist
Michel Rousseau, swimmer
Charles Trenet, singer and songwriter
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, military commander
Laurent Voulzy, singer and songwriter
Antoine Watteau, painter
See also
Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
Les Halles
References
External links
Nogent-sur-Marne official website
Nogent-sur-Marne local community website
Association du Coteau de Nogent sur Marne Nogent-sur-Marne's association for the protection of the environment
Communes of Val-de-Marne
Subprefectures in France