Nangis
Nangis is a commune with 8165 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Seine- et- Marne in the Île- de -France region; it belongs to Arrondissement Provins and is the administrative center of the canton of Nangis.
Nangis is located in the center of the Brie between the Seine and Marne rivers, about 70 km from Paris.
History
Nangis was collected in 1544 by King Francis I to the city.
Here a Russian army of François- Etienne Kellermann and Jean -Baptiste Girard was beaten on 17 February 1814.
Lords of Nangis
- NN, Dame de Nangis ∞ Fleury de France, X probably in 1119 in Normandy (master list of the Capetian )
- Isabelle (Elisabeth ), whose daughter, Lady de Nangis; ∞ Guy de Marolles an unnamed sister Isabelle was Dame de Châtel- les- Nangis
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church (13th century)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Eugène Benoist (1831-1887), classical scholar
- Adrien Jean -Baptiste du Bosc (1760-1851), General of the pioneers