Nemours

Nemours
Nemours
Commune
	Castle of Nemours
	Coat of arms
	Location of Nemours
	Nemours Nemours
	Coordinates: 48°16′03″N 2°41′49″E / 48.2674°N 2.697°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Fontainebleau
Canton	Nemours
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Valérie Lacroute (LR)
Area 1	10.83 km2 (4.18 sq mi)
Population (2021)	13,189
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,200/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.

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

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Inhabitants are called Nemouriens.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,131	—
1975	11,223	+4.71%
1982	11,665	+0.55%
1990	12,072	+0.43%
1999	12,898	+0.74%
2007	12,813	−0.08%
2012	12,770	−0.07%
2017	13,081	+0.48%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights[edit]

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.

The city also hosts the Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France, museum dedicated to prehistory in Île-de-France region.

Close to the city, at Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, is located the forest Massif forestier des Rochers-Gréau.

Hospital[edit]

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

Notable people[edit]

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[edit]

Nemours is twinned with:^[5]

Mühltal, Germany
Wilmington, United States

The castle and the church bordering the Loing river

References[edit]

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.