Chenoise () is a former
commune in the
Seine-et-Marne
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department in the
ÃŽle-de-France
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région
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in north-central
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Chenoise-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
Louis Charles Le Cat, comte d'Hervilly (; 26 February 1756 – 14 November 1795) was a French nobleman, military officer and counter-revolutionary. He was one of the leaders of the abortive landing at Quiberon. His daughter married the gener ...
fled France as an émigré, the château was confiscated and sold in 1793, but it was purchased by
Adèle de Bellegarde
, known as (24 June 1772 – 7 January 1830), was a Duchy of Savoy, Savoyard aristocrat. During the French Revolution, she became a popular hostess in Paris, and modelled for Jacques-Louis David's 1799 painting ''The Intervention of the Sabin ...
and her sister Aurore, daughters of Louis Charles' sister Marie Charlotte Adélaïde Le Cat d'Hervilly.
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See also
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References
External links
1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
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Former communes of Seine-et-Marne
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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