Nogent-sur-Seine

Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

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Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

Nogent-sur-Seine
Subprefecture and commune
Watermill on the Seine Watermill on the Seine
Coat of arms of Nogent-sur-Seine Coat of arms
Location of Nogent-sur-Seine Map
Nogent-sur-Seine is located in France Nogent-sur-Seine Nogent-sur-Seine Show map of France Nogent-sur-Seine is located in Grand Est Nogent-sur-Seine Nogent-sur-Seine Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°29′39′′N 3°30′12′′E / 48.4942°N 3.5033°E / 48.4942; 3.5033
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.

Nogent-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [nɔʒɑ̃syʁsɛn] ⁱ) 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.

Population

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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

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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.