Lagny-sur-Marne
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Lagny-sur-Marne
|commune status = Commune
|image = Lagny-sur-Marne - Town Hall - 2.jpg
|caption = The town hall of Lagny-sur-Marne
|map size = 270px
|adjustable map = Lagny-sur-Marne_map.png
|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
|coordinates = {{coord|48.8788|2.7075|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Torcy
|canton = Lagny-sur-Marne
|INSEE = 77243
|postal code = 77400
|image coat of arms = Blason Lagny-sur-Marne 77.svg
|image coat of arms size = 80px
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Marne et Gondoire
|elevation m = 44
|elevation min m = 37
|elevation max m = 112
|area km2 = 5.72
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Lagny-sur-Marne ({{IPA|fr|laɲi syʁ maʁn|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Xenophôn-Lagny-sur-Marne.wav}}, literally Lagny on Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in Île-de-France {{convert|26.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the centre of Paris (20 minutes away from the centre of Paris).
The commune of Lagny-sur-Marne is part of the Val de Bussy sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
History
From 644, Lagny-sur-Marne was the site of Lagny Abbey, a monastery founded that year, and after its destruction by the Normans refounded about 990. The monastery was seized by the state at the French Revolution and its buildings are used since 1842 as the offices of the municipality.
During the Middle Ages Lagny-sur-Marne was one of the most popular places for tourneys in Northern France. In November 1179 a notable tournament was held by Louis VII of France in honour of the coronation of his son.
In 1170, the young knight Baldwin of Bethune and his lifelong friend, William Marshal were at the court of Henry the Young King.Paul Meyer, ‘’L'histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal, Comte de Striguil et de Pembroke, Régent d'Angleterre de 1216 à 1219’’, Laurens, Paris, 1891. In 1180 at the great international tournament of Lagny, Baldwin was a knight banneret, leading the Flemish team while William headed the English team.
In 1846, Lagny-sur-Marne annexed the commune of Saint-Denis-du-Port.
Demographics
Inhabitants are called Latignaciens or Laniaques.
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|18329|Lagny-sur-Marne}} and INSEE (1968–2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-77243#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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|1793 |1607
|1800 |1745
|1806 |1786
|1821 |1753
|1831 |1869
|1836 |2029
|1841 |2212
|1846 |2407
|1851 |2716
|1856 |2817
|1861 |3458
|1866 |3988
|1872 |3999
|1876 |4272
|1881 |4621
|1886 |4990
|1891 |4998
|1896 |5341
|1901 |5442
|1906 |5560
|1911 |5880
|1921 |6302
|1926 |6936
|1931 |7642
|1936 |8310
|1946 |7960
|1954 |8982
|1962 |11945
|1968 |15743
|1975 |16465
|1982 |17959
|1990 |18643
|1999 |19368
|2007 |20401
|2012 |20328
|2017 |21356
}}
Economy
When video game company Titus Interactive was active, its head office was in Lagny-sur-Marne."[https://web.archive.org/web/20040603214816/http://www.titus-interactive.com/index.php?lang=en&pg=contact Contact]." Titus Interactive. 3 June 2004. Retrieved on 4 September 2012. "Titus Interactive SA : Parc de l'Esplanade 12, rue Enrico Fermi 77462 Lagny sur Marne Cedex. FRANCE"
Transport
Lagny-sur-Marne is served by the Lagny – Thorigny station, on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line. The station, although administratively located in neighbouring commune of Thorigny-sur-Marne, is immediately across the river Marne from the centre of Lagny-sur-Marne.
Education
The commune has ten preschools and nine elementary schools."[http://www.lagny-sur-marne.fr/index.php/Maternelle-et-%C3%A9l%C3%A9mentaire?idpage=27&afficheMenuContextuel=true Maternelle et élémentaire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916054201/http://www.lagny-sur-marne.fr/index.php/Maternelle-et-%C3%A9l%C3%A9mentaire?idpage=27&afficheMenuContextuel=true# |date=2016-09-16 }}." Lagny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. There are two junior high schools, Collège Les 4 Arpents and Collège Marcel Rivière, as well as one senior high school/sixth-form college, Lycée Van Dongen."[http://www.lagny-sur-marne.fr/index.php/Coll%C3%A8ges-et-lyc%C3%A9es?idpage=29&afficheMenuContextuel=true Collèges et lycées] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916052451/http://www.lagny-sur-marne.fr/index.php/Coll%C3%A8ges-et-lyc%C3%A9es?idpage=29&afficheMenuContextuel=true# |date=2016-09-16 }}." Lagny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Twin towns
Lagny-sur-Marne is twinned with Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec in Canada since 1969, and also with Alnwick, Northumberland in the United Kingdom.
Notable residents
- Christopher Jullien (born 1993), footballer
- Paul Pogba (born 1993), footballer
- Christopher Nkunku (born 1997), footballer
- Benjamin Boukpeti (born 1981), Togolese canoeist who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was Togo's first ever Olympic medal.
- Valéry Aubertin (born 1970), the organist and composer, was born in Lagny-sur-Marne
- Édouard Cortès (1882–1969), Post-Impressionist painter
- Salomé Saqué (born 1995), journalist and writer
See also
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.lagny-sur-marne.fr/ Official site] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929155609/http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos77243.html 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)] {{in lang|en}}
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