Nemours (French: [nəmuʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Nemours
Commune
Castle of Nemours
Coat of arms
Location of Nemours
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Coordinates: 48°16′03″N 2°41′49″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Nemours
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Valérie Lacroute[1] (LR)
Area 1	10.83 km2 (4.18 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	13,088
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77333 /77140
Elevation	57–133 m (187–436 ft) (avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c. 42 km (26 mi) 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,[3] and the fief lords the Duke of Nemours to which it gave its name. In 1585 a treaty revoking previous concessions to the Protestants was concluded at Nemours between Catherine de' Medici and the Guises.

Demographics

Inhabitants are called Nemouriens.

Sights

The church, which dates mainly from the sixteenth century, has a handsome wooden spire. The feudal castle, erected around 1120 was turned into a museum in the 20th century. It has a central keep with four rounded towers.

A statue of the mathematician Bézout (d. 1783), a native of the town, was erected in 1885.

In the vicinity is a group of fine sandstone rocks, and sand is extensively quarried.

Hospital

Nemours has a campus of the Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne.

Notable people

Nemours was the birthplace of:

• Pierre Berthier (1782-1861), geologist and mining engineer
• Étienne Bézout (1730–1783), mathematician
• Geoffrey Kondogbia (born 1993), professional footballer
• Justin-Chrysostome Sanson (1833–1910), sculptor
• Philippe Petit (1949-), highwire artist

Twin towns – sister cities

Nemours is twinned with:[5]

• Mühltal, Germany
• Wilmington, United States

See also

• Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
• Duke of Nemours
• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nemours". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 371.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nemours.

• Official site (in French)
• Nemours tourism office website
• 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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