Meaux is a common French, old capital of the Brie, today chief town of district of the department of Seine-et-Marne and the area Île-de-France.

The inhabitants of Meaux are called Meldois . The inhabitants of the villages of Brie and Multien called at one time them the Miauleux     (word of Patois briard).

Geography

Meaux, is one of the four sub-prefectures of the department of Seine-et-Marne. Crossed by the the Marne, and the Channel of Ourcq, it is to 43 km in the east of Paris, and with 51km in the north of Melun (prefecture of the Seine and Marne). It is the most populated city department, with its 49.800 inhabitants
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  • localities and old districts of Meaux according to land register of 1850.
  • old Toponymy and modern Meaux: old and modern names of streets, places, districts, localities, etc.

Transport

The town of Meaux is served by the Transilien Paris-Is, of which the connection Paris-Meaux via Lagny-Thorigny which carries out its terminus there. Currently in project: prolongations of the lines of the RER: line E (current terminus Chelles-Gournay) and line have (current terminus Marne-the-Valley - Chessy) towards Meaux, registered voter with the Information system strategic plan of the Area Ile de France.

Meaux is crossed by N3 (or rn3), old royal road, said road of Germany. It is also connected to a4 highway, passing to the south of the city and serving Is France, by a140 strap.

History

The town of Meaux ( Iantinum in the beginning) owes its modern name with the Gallic Peuple of the Meldes ( Meldii ).

Christianity is preached at Meldes as of the 3rd century by holy Denis. The martyr had as a successor Saint Saintin who became the first bishop of Meaux.

Richness of the city and the non-payment by Charles II the Bald person of an allowance to the Viking S with the fortress of Oissel the fact of occupying the city in particular in 852 and 886. Two councils are held in Meaux in connection with the attitude to adopt vis-a-vis these taxes.

Meaux was as of the 10th century the possession of the counts de Champagne which were called also counts de Meaux; it returned to the crown under Louis X

In 1235, the Capitulaire of Thibaud de Champagne (preserved at the Media library of Meaux) mentions the existence of the Canal Cornillon, which is used at the same time as defense of the market of Meaux which is held on the peninsula formed by the loop of the Marne, and also of passage for the boats, avoiding to them passing under the bridge encumbered by mills. These mills will burn on June 17th, 1920 and will never be rebuilt.

Meaux announces in 1239 by generating a group of heretics Cathare S, well far from its zone of origin. The May 22nd 1239, 83 heretics are flarings.

In 1420, Meaux holds the seat for five months, but prefers to go. The English are without pity: the defenders of the city are hung or have the distinct head. It was had by the English of 1421 with 1436, then joined together definitively with the crown.

The Guerre One hundred Year old is particularly heavy with its procession of plunderings, Peste and famines. This instability leads the peasants to rising in 1358 under the control of Guillaume Callet. The Jacques burn an about sixty beautiful residences, massacring all their occupants. When the troop is presented in front of the doors of Meaux, the noble ones hide. The inhabitants of Meaux then open the doors of the city to the rioters and the mayor, Jean Soulas, the guide itself with the hiding-place of the noble ones. Gaston Phoebus, count de Foix, arrives at the rescue with a troop of knights, cutting in parts revolted. In punishment, the town of Meaux was delivered to the flames during fifteen days while its Maire was hung.

Wars of religion

Meaux is one of the French cities most active as regards Protestantisme at the 16th century. Thus, the Cénacle of Meaux was founded in 1521 at the request of Guillaume Briçonnet by his friend and humanistic Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples whereas Jean Leclerc preaches as of 1523 there. In 1546, 14 Protestants are burned on the public place while many others were banished. In 1562, freedom of worship is granted to the Protestants, but the latter try to take the control of the city.

In 1567, at the time of the Surprise of Meaux, the royal family does not have that with the Members of the Swiss Guards to escape the capture by the Protestant troops from the prince de Condé.

The news of the Massacre of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre reaches Meaux on August 25th. It is the prosecutor of the king who organizes the massacre. On the 8000 Protestants of the Bailliage, 600 are massacred in two days.

Meaux took the party of the Ligue before going to Henri IV in 1593.

Of the XVIIe century to the Revolution

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  • Chronology of the history of Meaux Made, arts, characters…

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Sub-prefects of Meaux

  • List of the sub-prefects of Meaux
  • Currently: Bruno Delsol, since September 27th, 2004

Personalities related to the commune

  • Holy Hackney carriage, this saint (owner of the gardeners) of Irish origin, is established in the Années 600 close to Meaux, under the protection of Saint Faron.

  • Philippe of Vitry, bishop of Meaux of 1351 with 1361, was an emblematic figure of the Moyen-âge and published a famous treaty: Ars Nova .
  • Guillaume Briçonnet (1470-1534), bishop of Meaux, was, with the Cénacle of Meaux, one of the precursors of the Réforme in France
  • Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, called the Aigle of Meaux , was bishop of Meaux of 1681 with 1704.
  • Fayette, was appointed of Meaux. August 8th, 2002, it was high on a purely posthumous basis citizen of honor of the the United States of America.
  • Guillaume Benoit Houdet (1744-1812), lawyer, appointed mayor of Meaux in 1789.
  • Henri Moissan, known to have isolated the first the Fluorine, it also invented the arc furnace. It receipt the Nobel Prize of chemistry in 1906.
  • Sebastien de Brossard, (1655-1730) type-setter and theorist of the music.
  • Georges Courteline, novelist and playwright, was pupil of the college of Meaux, just as the politician Lionel Jospin.
  • Pierre Véry, writer, was pupil with the Sainte-Marie boarding school in Meaux.
  • Veronique Genest, actress, born the June 26th 1957 in Meaux.
  • Pascal Ancelin, player of Rugby to XV professional born the January 13rd 1982 in Meaux.
  • Olivier Ledroit, born in Meaux the June 3rd 1969, is a draftsman of BDs.
  • Eric Judor, humorist of the duet Eric and Ramzy, was born in Meaux the July 25th 1968.
  • Gilles Roussel, known as " Boulet" born in Meaux the 1975, is a draftsman of BDs.
  • Joop Zoetemelk, champion cycle, victorious of the Turn in 1980.
  • Catherine Corsini, director and scenario writer, was pupil with the college H. Moissan.
  • Maud Fontenoy, French navigatrice

Lists of personalities

  • List of the bishops of Meaux
  • Viscounts of Meaux
  • baillifs and governors
  • notaries of Meaux
  • Writers and visitors

Tourist monuments and places

Meaux is classified town of art and history.

  • the ramparts Gallo-Roman S

  • the archeological site of Bauve: Gallo-Roman temple and theater
  • the episcopal city with:
    • the cathedral Saint-Etienne (12th and 15th centuries)
    • the episcopal palate (12th and 16th centuries)
    • the old chapter (13th century)
    • the garden Bossuet (17th century) and the garden of the ramparts. The garden taking again the drawing of a miter of bishop is allotted to Ours. It is presented today such as it was restored in 1910 (this time dates the romantic rock posed in the center from the basin). The ramparts arranged in garden-suspended, shelter the study of Bossuet.
  • Pierre Collinet: Great unit carried out by Jean Ginsberg between 1959 and 1963, made up of 6 bars and 3 turns. This project came to replace the project of radiant city envisaged not far from there, in Beauval, by the architect Le Corbusier.
  • Luxembourg Cultural center: theater and media library designed by Jacques Ripault in a néo-modern architectural style.

Curiosities and other interesting ballades

  • stopping: metal structure on the Marne, with the limit between Meaux and Villenoy (near to the center town)

  • the garden of Trinitaires: planted walk of poplars of Italy centenaries, along the Marne, vis-a-vis the station.
  • the Channel Cornillon: old channel (attested in 1235 in the capitulary one of Thibaud de Champagne), cutting the loop of the the Marne, and partly preserving the traces of the old fortifications of the district of the Market. Its current lock completion date of the 18th century.
  • metal Halle places Market
  • the Russian ball: ball dating from the war of 1814 remained card-indexed in the southern frontage of the building of the MAAF, in the district of the Market, vis-a-vis the metal market.
  • the old cemetery: some interesting old tombs, of which the tomb of the Raoul general, native being illustrated under the reign of Napoleon first.
  • Many private mansions of the Xvi-XVIIe century: of which the Macet hotel, the Passelaigle hotel, or the hotel of the green Siren…
  • Brassets St-Faron and St-Remy Cast
  • artesian wells in Meaux

Remarkable Monuments and buildings missings

  • Building of Gallo-Roman spectacle (street C. Guerin)
  • the castle of the counts de Brie and of Champagne.
  • mills of the bridge of the Market
  • mills of the scale
  • the church Saint-Christophe. There remains only one gate in bad condition (street of the Hart)

Meaux obtained 4 by the National council of the Cities and Flowered Villages of France.

Twinnings

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