Nogent-sur-Seine

Nogent-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [nɔʒɑ̃ syʁ sɛn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. The headquarters of The Soufflet Group is located here, as is the Musée Camille Claudel. The large Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is also located here.

Nogent-sur-Seine
Subprefecture and commune
Watermill on the Seine
Coat of arms
Location of Nogent-sur-Seine
Nogent-sur-Seine Show map of France Nogent-sur-Seine Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°29′39″N 3°30′12″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Seine
Canton	Nogent-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Nogentais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Estelle Bomberger-Rivot[1]
Area 1	20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,673
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10268 /10400
Elevation	60–113 m (197–371 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,174 —     1800 3,201 +0.12% 1806 3,158 −0.23% 1821 2,926 −0.51% 1831 3,277 +1.14% 1836 3,355 +0.47% 1841 3,383 +0.17% 1846 3,515 +0.77% 1851 3,469 −0.26% 1856 3,486 +0.10% 1861 3,530 +0.25% 1866 3,641 +0.62% 1872 3,474 −0.78% 1876 3,435 −0.28% 1881 3,469 +0.20% 1886 3,652 +1.03% 1891 3,704 +0.28% 1896 3,723 +0.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,818 +0.51% 1906 3,829 +0.06% 1911 3,976 +0.76% 1921 3,373 −1.63% 1926 3,611 +1.37% 1931 3,683 +0.40% 1936 3,631 −0.28% 1946 3,589 −0.12% 1954 3,333 −0.92% 1962 3,777 +1.58% 1968 4,447 +2.76% 1975 4,671 +0.70% 1982 5,009 +1.00% 1990 5,505 +1.19% 1999 5,963 +0.89% 2007 5,984 +0.04% 2012 5,992 +0.03% 2017 5,980 −0.04%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Nogent Nuclear Power Plant from the air, 2012

Personalities

Sculptor Camille Claudel lived in Nogent-sur-Seine with her family from 1876 to 1879.

Frédéric Moreau, the hero of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education, is a native of Nogent-sur-Seine.

The abbey of Nogent-sur-Seine was destroyed during the French Revolution. Fragments of it were used in 1817 in making the canopy over the graves of Pierre Abélard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

International relations

Nogent-sur-Seine is twinned with:

• Rielasingen-Worblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - since 1973
• Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal - 1987

See also

• Communes of the Aube department
• List of medieval bridges in France
• Paul Dubois (sculptor)