Nemours ( French: [nəmuʁ] ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
5-509: 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. 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
10-1034: Is a 143 km (89 mi) long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine . Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing , in the southwestern of the department of Yonne , and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès , near Moret-sur-Loing . Its main tributaries are the Ouanne , the Aveyron , the Puiseaux , the Solin , the Lunain and the Orvanne . The part of the Briare Canal between Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses and Montargis runs parallel to
15-599: 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 revoking previous concessions to the Protestants was concluded at Nemours between Catherine de' Medici and the Guises . Inhabitants are called Nemouriens . The church, which dates mainly from
20-481: The city, at Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours , is located the forest Massif forestier des Rochers-Gréau . Nemours has a campus of the Centre hospitalier Sud Seine et Marne . Nemours was the birthplace of: Nemours is twinned with: This article related to a Seine-et-Marne location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Loing The Loing ( French pronunciation: [lwɛ̃] )
25-555: 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. The city also hosts the Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France , museum dedicated to prehistory in Île-de-France region. Close to
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