Étampes

Etampes is a commune with 24,013 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Essonne in the Ile- de -France region; it belongs to the district Etampes and is the administrative seat of ten cantons. Etampes is located approximately 49 kilometers south of Paris and 60 kilometers north of Orléans. The city is crossed by the river Juine.

History

Etampes was in the Middle Ages the main town of the county of Etampes. 1514 was granted by the king the right to choose its own city council and to build a " maison commune" of the city.

Attractions

  • The Tour de Guinette as a ruin of the castle Etampes
  • Hôtel de Ville
  • Hôtel Anne -de- Pisseleu
  • Theatre (architect Gabriel Davioud ) built from 1851 to 1852

Religious Buildings

  • Church of Notre -Dame- du-Fort
  • Church of Saint -Basile
  • Church of Saint -Martin with its leaning tower
  • Church of Saint- Gilles
  • Chapel of Gérofosse
  • Chapel of Guinette

Twinning

  • Borna ( Germany )

Personalities

  • Anne de Pisseleu d' Heilly, (1508-1547), mistress of King Francis I.
  • Diane de Poitiers, (1499-1566), Duchess of Etampes from 1553
  • Basile Fleureau, (1612-1668), historian
  • Jean- Étienne Guettard, (1715-1786), scholar, scientist, doctor, one of the founders of the manufactory of Sèvres
  • Étienne Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire (1772-1844), naturalist, founder of the Menagerie at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris
  • Abel Dufresne (1788-1872), writer
  • Isidore Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire (1805-1861), scholar, scientist, founder of the Société d' acclimatation and the Jardin d' acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. Precursor of modern genetics
  • Narcisse Berchère (1819-1891), painter and lithographer
  • Elias Robert, (1819-1874), painter and sculptor
  • Félix Giacomotti, (1828-1909), painter of Italian origin, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1854
  • Léon Marquis (1843-1905), historian
  • Louise Abbéma, (1858-1927), painter of the Belle Epoque
  • Rose Chéri, actress (1824 - 1861), born in Etampes on October 27, 1824
  • Anna Chéri, actress, born in Etampes 1826
  • Manhes Henri (1889-1959), journalist, Colonel, Resistance fighter, concentration camp Buchenwald head of the French Brigade of the International Military Organization (IMO ), a member of the International Camp Committee and Honorary President of the FIR
  • Philippe and Patricia Legendre Kvater, painter
  • Christian Binet, artist ( Les Bidochons, Kador ... )
  • Olivier Soulliaert, painters of the Ecole de peinture d' Etampes
  • Brigitte Jacquot, singer
  • Yann Le Puits (* 1951), writer
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