Chenoise () is a former

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in the

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...

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in the

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in north-central

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune

Chenoise-Cucharmoy Chenoise-Cucharmoy () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France région in north-central France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Chenoise (the seat) and Cucharmoy.

. The inhabitants are called ''Chenoisiens''. The ''Château de Chenoise'' was the seat of the aristocratic Le Cat d'Hervilly family. After

Louis Charles d'Hervilly Comte Louis Charles d'Hervilly (26 February 1756, Paris – 14 November 1795, London) was a French nobleman and émigré. He was involved in the abortive landing at Quiberon. His daughter married the general Marie-François Auguste de Caffare ...

fled France as an émigré, the château was confiscated and sold in 1793, but it was purchased by Adèle de Bellegarde and her sister Aurore, daughters of Louis Charles' sister Marie Charlotte Adélaïde Le Cat d'Hervilly.*

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