Tournan-en-Brie

Tournan -en- Brie is a commune with 8174 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Seine- et- Marne in the Île- de -France region; it belongs to the district Melun and Canton Tournan -en- Brie.

Neighboring communities of Tournan -en- Brie are FAVIERES in the north, Neufmoutiers -en- Brie in the northeast, Les Chapelles- Bourbon in the east, Châtres in the southeast, Liverdy -en- Brie in the south, Presles -en- Brie in the southwest and Gretz- Armainvilliers in the West.

Demographics

Personalities

  • Jean Baptiste Vermay (1786-1833), painter
  • Jules -Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911), painter, born in Tournan
  • Laurent Fignon (1960-2010), a cyclist, who lived from 1963-1974 in Tournan
  • Claude dit Santa Santarelli (1925-1979), sculptor, lived in Tournan
  • Guy Gaucher Étienne Germain ( born 1930 ), Bishop in Bayeux, born in Tournan
  • Daniel Rebillard ( b. 1948 ), cyclist, born in Tournan -en- Brie.
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