Lagny-sur-Marne
Lagny -sur -Marne is a commune with 20,306 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Seine- et- Marne in the Île- de -France region; it belongs to Arrondissement Torcy and the Canton of Lagny -sur- Marne. Lagny is part of the Communauté d' agglomération de Marne et Gondoire.
Geography
Lagny -sur -Marne is located on the Marne, about 28 kilometers east of Paris. Adjacent communities are Thorigny -sur- Marne, Pomponne, Dampmart, Montévrain, Saint -Thibault -des- Vignes, Gouvernes, Conches- sur- Gondoire and Chanteloup -en- Brie.
Culture
It was here in 1179 that probably most of the Middle Ages jousting tournament, attended by supposedly 3000 Knights, including nineteen counts, participated.
Lagny is one of the birthplaces of Neo-Impressionism: here the Groupe de Lagny of Cavallo Péduzzi, Léo Gausson and Maximilien Luce members was established.
Abbey of Saint -Pierre
The Holy Fursa, an Irish monk, let build the monastery of Saint- Pierre in Lagny. It was destroyed in the 9th century by the Normans, rebuilt, ravaged by two fires that still exists today of two structures: the fixed input and the abbey chapel from the 13th century, the church Notre- Dame-des- Ardents.
The monastery was abolished during the French Revolution, some of the buildings sold in 1796. In the 19th century, the remains were transformed into a military hospital - the inscription " Hôpital Militaire " is still on the pediment of the main gate. Since 1842, the abbey houses the Town Hall of Lagny.
Famous people
- Pierre d' Orgemont († 1389 ), Lord of Méry and Chantilly, 1373-1380 Chancellor of France, in Lagny -sur -Marne born
- Honoré de Balzac came regularly to his printer according to Lagny -sur- Marne, to oversee the issue of Illusions perdues.
- Benjamin Boukpeti, Togolese canoe slalom racer, winning an Olympic bronze medal in Beijing in 2008, was born in 1981 in Lagny -sur- Marne.
- Edouard Cortes, Post-Impressionist painter from Lagny
- Léo Gausson, painter from the Groupe de Lagny was born on February 14, 1860 in Lagny
- Thierry Rey, born in Lagny, is one of the most famous judoka of France; the Gymanisum of Lagny bears his name.
- Paul Pogba, football player
Attractions
- Church of Notre- Dame-des- Ardents the Saint-Pierre abbey from the 13th century, ( Monument historique since July 12, 1886)
- Church Saint- Fursy from the 15th century, ( Monument historique since 19 February 1982)
- Hôtel de Ville, the former monastery; the town hall dates from the years 1755 to 1765 and was restored at the end of the 19th century. ( Monument historique since 30 May 1969)
- Five Gables House ( Immeuble des Cinq Pignon ) from the 12th century; it involves an old market hall of merchants from Ypres at the medieval markets in Lagny. The original hall was added in the 16th century dwellings whose gable roof of the house gave the name ( Monument historique since 12 March 1970 )
- Saint- Fursy Fountain at the Place de la Fontaine; the fountain dates from 1902 and replaced a fountain dating from the 12th century, which had to be demolished because of his age ( Monument historique since 16 March 1926)
- Musée Gatien -Bonnet
- Statue of Joan of Arc in a park behind the abbey church; The statue dates from 1923 and originally stood on the square before it was moved here in the 1960s.
- Washing area ( Lavoir ) in the rue Saint -Paul in the mid-19th century; he replaced a number of small washing places that were placed around the Saint- Fursy Fountain.
Twinning
- Alnwick in Northumberland ( UK )
- Haslach in Baden- Württemberg ( Germany )
- Sainte -Agathe -des- Monts in the province of Quebec (Canada)
- Mira in the district of Coimbra ( Portugal)