Coupvray
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Coupvray
|commune status = Commune
|image = Coupvray - Mairie (1).jpg
|caption = The town hall in Coupvray
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8925|2.7939|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 77132
|postal code = 77700
|arrondissement = Torcy
|canton = Serris
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Val d'Europe Agglomération
|elevation min m = 41
|elevation max m = 132
|area km2 = 8.09
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Coupvray ({{IPA|fr|kuvʁɛ|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Xenophôn-Coupvray.wav}}) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France about 30kms east of Paris.
People
Coupvray was the birthplace and home of Louis Braille, which is now a museum. His 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
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
Inhabitants of Coupvray are known as Cupressiens in French.
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|10588|Coupvray }} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-77132#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |588
|1800 |681
|1806 |629
|1821 |612
|1831 |616
|1836 |572
|1841 |543
|1846 |575
|1851 |566
|1856 |512
|1861 |499
|1866 |480
|1872 |463
|1876 |452
|1881 |456
|1886 |513
|1891 |503
|1896 |513
|1901 |519
|1906 |505
|1911 |516
|1921 |507
|1926 |582
|1931 |521
|1936 |695
|1946 |658
|1954 |707
|1962 |680
|1968 |769
|1975 |1063
|1982 |1416
|1990 |2280
|1999 |2713
|2007 |2790
|2012 |2607
|2017 |2864
}}
Education
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."[http://www.coupvray.fr/coupvray/menu_principal/education__jeunesse/etablissements_scolaires Etablissements scolaires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305050009/http://coupvray.fr/coupvray/menu_principal/education__jeunesse/etablissements_scolaires |date=2009-03-05 }}." 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"
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- [http://www.coupvray.fr/ Official Web site of the village of Coupvray] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115039/http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos77132.html 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)] {{in lang|en}}
- {{Search Mérimée|77132}}
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{{Seine-et-Marne communes}}
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Category:Communes of Seine-et-Marne
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