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Nogent-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Aube
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in north-central France. The headquarters of
The Soufflet Group The Soufflet Group is a French family-owned business based on collecting and adding value to agricultural raw materials. The Group is a major player in supplying arable farmers, and in the vine and wine sector. It advises and supplies farmers ...
is located here, as is the
Musée Camille Claudel The Musée Camille Claudel is a French national museum which honors and exhibits the art of sculptor Camille Claudel. The museum displays approximately half of Claudel's existing artwork. The Claudel museum was opened in 2017 in her teenage home to ...
. The large Nogent Nuclear Power Plant is located here.


Population


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 ''Sentimental Education'' (French: ''L'Éducation sentimentale'', 1869) is a novel by Gustave Flaubert. Considered one of the most influential novels of the 19th century, it was praised by contemporaries such as George Sand and Émile Zola, but ...
,'' 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 Rielasingen-Worblingen is a municipality in the Konstanz (district), district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the border with Switzerland, 4 km south of Singen, and 20 km east of Schaffhausen. This town i ...
, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - since 1973 *
Joal-Fadiouth Joal-Fadiouth is a town and commune in the Thiès Region at the end of the Petite Côte of Senegal, south-east of Dakar. ''Joal'' lies on the mainland, while ''Fadiouth'', linked by a bridge, lies on an island of clam shells, which are also use ...
, Senegal - 1987


See also

* Communes of the Aube department * List of medieval bridges in France *
Paul Dubois (sculptor) Paul Dubois (18 July 1829 – 23 May 1905) was a French sculptor and painter from Nogent-sur-Seine. His works were mainly sculptures and statues, and he was also a portrait painter. Early life Paul Dubois was born on the 18 July 1829 in Nogent-su ...


References


External links


Official town website

Dubois-Boucher Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine
This link is not currently active *
Félix Charpentier Félix Charpentier (10 January 1858 in Bollène in Vaucluse – 1924) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Biography Félix Charpentier's father worked in a brick ...
. Sculpture in musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher Subprefectures in France Communes of Aube Champagne (province) Aube communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aube-geo-stub