Congis-sur-Thérouanne

Congis-sur-Thérouanne
Commune
Congis-sur-Thérouanne
Location within Île-de-France region
Congis-sur-Thérouanne
Coordinates: 49°00′28″N 2°58′34″E / 49.0078°N 2.9761°E / 49.0078; 2.9761Coordinates: 49°00′28″N 2°58′34″E / 49.0078°N 2.9761°E / 49.0078; 2.9761
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement Meaux
Canton La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
Intercommunality CC Pays de l'Ourcq
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Francis Élu
Area1 15.12 km2 (5.84 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 1,772
  Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 77126 /77440
Elevation 42–122 m (138–400 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Congis-sur-Thérouanne is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics

The inhabitants are called Congissois.

Schools

The communal preschool and elementary school is the École "Casse-Noisettes". Junior high school students attend Collège Camille-Saint-Saëns in Lizy-sur-Ourcq and Collège du Champivert in Crouy-sur-Ourcq. There is one senior high school/sixth-form college in the commune, Lycée du Gué-à-Tresmes.[1]

People linked to the commune

  • Pierre Baillet, (born Paris c.1447; died Auxerre before 1513), lord of Villers-lès-Rigault, a former commune merged with Congis-sur-Thérouanne in 1807. He is interred in the Saint-Alexandre chapel, behind the choir, with his brother, Jean III Baillet, Bishop of Auxerre.
  • Henri Hérouin, (1876-?), Olympic champion archer at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

See also

References

  1. "Vie scolaire." Congis-sur-Thérouanne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.


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