Coupvray

Coupvray (French: [kuvʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France about 30kms east of Paris.

Coupvray
Commune
The town hall in Coupvray
Location of Coupvray
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Coordinates: 48°53′33″N 2°47′38″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Torcy
Canton	Serris
Intercommunality	Val d'Europe Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Cerri[1]
Area 1	8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,008
• Density	370/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77132 /77700
Elevation	41–132 m (135–433 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

People

Coupvray was the birthplace and home of Louis Braille, which is now a museum. His hands are buried in Coupvray as a symbol of Louis’ system of touch reading; the rest of his body is buried in the Panthéon, Paris.

Points of interest

The Castle of Rohan, built over the period 1596–1602 by Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon, is another visitor attraction, although it is now mostly in ruins. Disneyland Resort Paris is also nearby.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Coupvray are known as Cupressiens in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 588 —     1800 681 +2.12% 1806 629 −1.32% 1821 612 −0.18% 1831 616 +0.07% 1836 572 −1.47% 1841 543 −1.04% 1846 575 +1.15% 1851 566 −0.32% 1856 512 −1.99% 1861 499 −0.51% 1866 480 −0.77% 1872 463 −0.60% 1876 452 −0.60% 1881 456 +0.18% 1886 513 +2.38% 1891 503 −0.39% 1896 513 +0.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 519 +0.23% 1906 505 −0.55% 1911 516 +0.43% 1921 507 −0.18% 1926 582 +2.80% 1931 521 −2.19% 1936 695 +5.93% 1946 658 −0.55% 1954 707 +0.90% 1962 680 −0.49% 1968 769 +2.07% 1975 1,063 +4.73% 1982 1,416 +4.18% 1990 2,280 +6.14% 1999 2,713 +1.95% 2007 2,790 +0.35% 2012 2,607 −1.35% 2017 2,864 +1.90%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Education

The commune has the Groupe scolaire Francis et Odette Teisseyre, a school group including one preschool and one elementary school. The collège (junior high school) Etablissement Louis Braille in Esbly serves Coupvray, and the assigned senior high school is the Lycée Pierre de Coubertin in Meaux.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department