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Nemours
Nemours () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. Geography Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. south of Melun, on the Moret–Lyon railway. Nemours – Saint-Pierre station has rail connections to Montargis, Melun, Nevers and Paris. History Nemours is supposed to derive its name from the woods (''nemora'') in the midst of which it formerly stood, and discoveries of Gallo-Roman remains indicate its early origin. It was captured by the English in 1420, but derives its historical importance rather from the lordship (afterwards duchy) of Nemours, and the fief lords the Duke of Nemours to which it gave its name. In 1585 a Treaty of Nemours, treaty revoking previous concessions to the Protestants was concluded at Nemours between Catherine de' Medici and the House of Guise, Guises. The Hôtel de Ville, Nemours, Hôtel de Ville was commissioned as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Nemours
Duke of Nemours was a title in the Peerage of France. The name refers to Nemours in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. History In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Lordship of Nemours, in the Gâtinais, France, was a possession of the house of Villebéon, a member of which, Gautier III of Nemours, Gautier, was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century. The lordship was sold to King Philip III of France in 1274 and 1276 by Jean de Nemours, Jean and Philippe de Nemours. It was then made a county and given in 1364 to Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch. In 1404, Charles VI of France gave it to Charles II of Navarre, Charles III of Navarre and elevated it into a duchy in the peerage of France, in exchange to his ancestral county of Évreux in Normandy. After being confiscated and restored several times, the duchy reverted to the French crown in 1504, after the extinction of the house of Armagnac-Pardiac. In 1507, it was given by Louis XII of France to his nephe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Nemours
The Château de Nemours is a castle in the town and '' commune'' of Nemours in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' of France. Located in the extreme south of the Paris conurbation, it stands on the banks of the Loing river. Transformed into a museum between 1903 and 1999, it houses collections of pottery. The remains of the former chapel were added to the register of ancient monuments in 1926. The castle itself was made a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture in 1977. History Significant construction phases were in the first half of the 12th century, the 14th century, the 15th century and the 17th century. The first stones of the building were laid around 1120 by Orson on left bank of the Loing. A village had been established on a nearby hill since the Merovingian era (according to the excavation in 1898 of Merovingian sarcophagi) in Saint les Nemours, on the left bank of the Loing. The first lords had probably installed a high castle mound on the right bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel De Ville, Nemours
The (, ''City Hall'') is a municipal building in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, northern France, standing on Rue de Docteur Chopy. It was designated a ''monument historique'' by the French government in 1926. History The building was commissioned as a convent by a religious order, the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. The order was founded by two nuns who arrived from Joigny in around 1641. The formation of the order was authorised by Gaston, Duke of Orléans in 1646. The Congrégation de Notre-Dame was one of three religious communities operating in the town at that time, the others being the Cistercians of Notre-Dame de la Joie, which was also operated by nuns, and the Récollets, which was operated by a group of friars. The site the nuns selected was on the east bank of a section of the Loing Canal, which flows through the town. The building was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a cement render finish and was completed in 1669. The design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemours – Saint-Pierre Station
Nemours–Saint-Pierre is a railway station in Nemours and Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Île-de-France, France. The station opened in 1862 and is located on the Moret–Lyon railway. The station is served by Intercités (long-distance trains) and by Transilien line R (Paris-Gare de Lyon) operated by SNCF. The station building was destroyed in 1870 after a Prussian attack, but the building was not rebuilt until 1881. Train services The station is served by Intercités (long distance) services operated by SNCF between Paris and Nevers, and by Transilien line R (from Paris-Gare de Lyon). Transilien, accessed 26 April 2022. Gallery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée De Préhistoire D'Île-de-France
The Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France (Ile-de-France Prehistory Museum), located in Nemours, in Seine-et-Marne, is a departmental museum with a regional vocation. It presents the Prehistory of the Paris Basin, from the first vestiges attesting to the presence of Man, more than 500,000 years ago, to the end of the Gallic period, in the last quarter of the 1st century BC. AD. Completed in 1980, the raw concrete and glass building is the work of architect and urban planner Roland Simounet. General presentation Leaning against the natural slope of the land, the museum is surrounded by a forest of regional tree species (pines, oaks, birches, hornbeams, hazelnuts, acacias, etc.) and by sandstone boulders. The picturesque natural site is part of the forest of Nemours- Poligny, which is itself a southern extension of the forest of Fontainebleau. The path inside the museum that guides visitors through the exhibition is chronological. The rooms, distributed around patio-gardens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours
Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours (, literally ''Saint-Pierre near Nemours'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours are called ''Saint-Pierrois'' in French. Economy * Île-de-France Ecotron Local culture and heritage * Massif forestier des Rochers-Gréau on the heights of the town: twenty-two hectares of woods for hiking and climbing rocks. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Seine-et-Marne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Nemours
The Treaty of Nemours (or Treaty of Saint-Maur) were articles that were agreed upon in writing and signed in Nemours on 7 July 1585 between the Queen Mother, Catherine de' Medici, acting for the King, and representatives of the House of Guise, including the Duke of Lorraine. Catherine hastened to Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, where on 13 July the treaty was signed between King Henry III of France and the leaders of the Catholic League, including Henri, duc de Guise. The King was pressured by members of the Catholic League to sign the accord which was recognized by contemporaries as a renewal of the old French Wars of Religion. Context On 10 June 1584, François d'Alençon, duc d'Anjou, died. Since King Henry III of France was childless and likely to remain so, the legitimate successor to the throne of France was the king's distant cousin and chief of the Protestant party, Henry of Navarre. In the following spring, the Catholic League took control of many cities in northern France. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Hospitalier Sud Seine Et Marne
The Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne is a teaching hospital in Fontainebleau Fontainebleau ( , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the Kilometre zero#France, centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a Subprefectures in Franc ..., Montereau-Fault-Yonne and Nemours in France. It is a teaching hospital of Paris-Est Créteil University. It is a result of the merger of three hospitals in each of the above cities. It was established in January 2017. References Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne Hospitals in Île-de-France Hospital buildings completed in 2017 Teaching hospitals in France Buildings and structures in Île-de-France Hospitals established in 2017 2017 establishments in France 21st-century architecture in France {{Europe-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Bézout
Étienne Bézout (; 31 March 1730 – 27 September 1783) was a French mathematician who was born in Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France, and died in Avon (near Fontainebleau), France. Work In 1758 Bézout was elected an adjoint in mechanics of the French Academy of Sciences. Besides numerous minor works, he wrote a ''Théorie générale des équations algébriques'', published at Paris in 1779, which in particular contained much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation: he used determinants in a paper in the ''Histoire de l'académie royale'', 1764, but did not treat the general theory. Publications * Legacy After his death, a statue was erected in his birth town, Nemours, to commemorate his achievements. In 2000, the minor planet 17285 Bezout was named after him. See also * Little Bézout's theorem * Bézout's theorem * Bézout's identity * Bézout matrix * Bézout domain References *''The origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massif Forestier Des Rochers-Gréau
The Massif forestier des Rochers-Gréau ("Rochers-Gréau forest massif") is a massif in the south of Île-de-France. Location The park is located in the town of Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours near the church and the town hall, in the department of Seine-et-Marne. Description Property of the town of Nemours. It is home to rocks with unusual shapes, the best known of which is the “turtle”. References Notes External links Massif forestier des Rochers-Gréau {{Authority control Urban public parks Seine-et-Marne Forests of France French landscape gardens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Berthier
Pierre Berthier (; 3 July 1782, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne – 24 August 1861) was a French geologist and mining engineer. Pierre Berthier was born in Nemours. After studying at the École Polytechnique, he went to the École des Mines, where he became chief of the laboratory in 1816. In 1821, while working in the village of Les Baux-de-Provence, in southern France, he discovered the rock bauxite, named for the place of its discovery. He also discovered the mineral Berthierite, which was named after him. In addition to numerous contributions in mineralogy and mining, Berthier is also noted for his research into blast furnaces and for the utilization of phosphates by plants. He was paralyzed by an accident in 1858. The detailed register of homosexuals, then maintained by the Paris police prefecture, mention him as a lover of soldiers. Awards Pierre Berthier was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences in 1825. In 1828, he became a ''chevalier'' of the Legion of Honor T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valérie Lacroute
Valérie Lacroute (born 29 October 1965) is a French politician who represented Seine-et-Marne's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly of France from 2012 French legislative election, 2012 to 2020. She left French Parliament, Parliament in 2020 due to an Dual mandate, accumulation of mandates and was replaced by her Substitute (French elections), substitute Sylvie Bouchet Bellecourt. References External links National Assembly biography 1965 births Living people People from Chalon-sur-Saône Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne Members of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Mayors of places in Île-de-France Women members of the National Assembly (France) Women mayors of places in France 21st-century French women po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
