Genevraye

Genevraye is a common French, located in the department of Seine-et-Marne and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants is called them Genevriens .

Geography

Localities and variations

Hamlet of Cugny, whose population counts for half of that of Genevraye, located with 1 km. In the past, site of a factory of explosives, closed in 1987 surrounded by a working city built about 1926-1927. Site devoted to the hamlet: The blog of Cugny

Communes bordering

The communes bordering are: Montcourt-Fromonville, Montigny-on-Loing, Épisy, Nonville.

History

Famous characters

Lucien Cahen-Michel (1888-1980)

Administration

Demography

Civil architecture

Castle of the working Tower
castle of Berville
Quoted of Cugny built between 1926 and 1927 by the architect Georges-Henri Pingusson on behalf of the French company of the explosives.

Religious heritage

Church Saint Martin's day (XIIIe century)

Economy

Sand pits, Horticulture, Pisciculture (in Grattereau), dynamite factory (in Cugny)

Tourist monuments and places

Banks of the Loing to its confluence with the Lunain, banks of the Channel of Loing (locks of Berville and of Border), Bois of the Wallows, ponds and marshes, church and the cemetery.

Events

Twinnings

References

External bonds

Site of the town hall: Lagenevraye.fr
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