Nogent-sur-Seine

Nogent-sur-Seine

Nogent-sur-Seine

Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France


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 located here.

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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.

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Nogent-sur-Seine, EHESS (in French).



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