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Coupvray | |
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Commune | |
Location of Coupvray | |
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Coordinates: 48°53′33″N 2°47′38″E / 48.8925°N 2.7939°E / 48.8925; 2.7939Coordinates: 48°53′33″N 2°47′38″E / 48.8925°N 2.7939°E / 48.8925; 2.7939 | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-et-Marne |
Arrondissement | Torcy |
Canton | Serris |
Intercommunality | Val d'Europe |
Government | |
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2008–2014) |
Martine Dogit |
Area 1 |
8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 |
2,829 |
• Density | 350/km2 (910/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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Coupvray (pronounced [kuvʁɛ]) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Contents
1 People
2 Points of interest
3 Demographics
4 Education
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
People[edit]
Coupvray was the birthplace and home of Louis Braille. Braille's home is now a museum. Braille's 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[edit]
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[edit]
Inhabitants of Coupvray are known as Cupressiens.
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 588 | — |
1800 | 681 | +15.8% |
1806 | 629 | −7.6% |
1821 | 612 | −2.7% |
1831 | 616 | +0.7% |
1836 | 572 | −7.1% |
1841 | 543 | −5.1% |
1846 | 575 | +5.9% |
1851 | 566 | −1.6% |
1856 | 512 | −9.5% |
1861 | 499 | −2.5% |
1866 | 480 | −3.8% |
1872 | 463 | −3.5% |
1876 | 452 | −2.4% |
1881 | 456 | +0.9% |
1886 | 513 | +12.5% |
1891 | 503 | −1.9% |
1896 | 513 | +2.0% |
1901 | 519 | +1.2% |
1906 | 505 | −2.7% |
1911 | 516 | +2.2% |
1921 | 507 | −1.7% |
1926 | 582 | +14.8% |
1931 | 521 | −10.5% |
1936 | 695 | +33.4% |
1946 | 658 | −5.3% |
1954 | 707 | +7.4% |
1962 | 680 | −3.8% |
1968 | 769 | +13.1% |
1975 | 1,063 | +38.2% |
1982 | 1,416 | +33.2% |
1990 | 2,280 | +61.0% |
1999 | 2,713 | +19.0% |
2007 | 2,790 | +2.8% |
2008 | 2,792 | +0.1% |
2012 | 2,697 | −3.4% |
2013 | 2,594 | −3.8% |
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting |
Education[edit]
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.[1]
See also[edit]
- Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
References[edit]
- INSEE
^ "Etablissements scolaires." Coupvray. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. "Le lycée d'affectation lié à la carte scolaire est le Lycée Pierre de Coubertin, chaussée de Paris à Meaux"
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coupvray. |
Official Web site of the village of Coupvray (in French)
1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
French Ministry of Culture list for Coupvray (in French)
Map of Coupvray on Michelin (in English)
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