Souppes-sur-Loing

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

Its inhabitants is called sulpicians and sulpicians .

Localities and variations

Bésigny
Large Ceriseaux
the Brush
Coqueluchon.
Rolling
Varennes
Small Ceriseaux
Sugar refinery

Communes bordering

The communes bordering are: Bagneaux-on-Loing, Bougligny, Chaintreaux, Castle-Landon, Dordives, It Madeleine-on-Loing, Poligny

Geography

August 1st The commune is served by the Gare of Soups - Castle-Landon, on the line of the Transilien Paris - Gare de Lyon - Montargis.

History

The area was inhabited it is very a long time. Always visible polishing machines, testify to an activity. Indeed, they were used with the clothes industry as tools there is 200 000 with 300 000 years. According to legend, with 5th century, during invasions cruel, of Germanic would be installed on heights of Loing (river which crosses Souppes) and baptized the place Supa . Into old Germanic, that means “wet”, which corresponds well to the site of the city (marsh). In 1090, this village, was renamed Villa Supis , then Souppes-sur-Loing.

With the S, the Soup stone was the main activity of Soups, its calcareous stone of an exceptional whiteness made its reputation of it. One finds monuments in Paris, built with this stone (the Sacred Heart, Sorbonne). The sugar refinery is also another important source of activity.

During the Second world war, Souppes-sur-Loing was the center of resistance in the south Seine-et-Marne. August 21st, 1944, it was released by the American army.

This is only one summary of work that the Company of history and archeology of Souppes-sur-Loing carried out. If you want more details, you can consult their site (see the “external Bonds”).

January 1910: As in much communes of the area, floods without precedent fell down, spreading everywhere the anguish, terror, the ruin and also death.

June 2004: a mini-tornado devastates the animalist park.

Administration

Demography

Religious heritage

the old Cistercian abbey which was founded with the end of the year 1181 by monks come from the abbey of Court-God close to Orleans.

Transport infrastructures

National Highway A77
7
1 railway
1 inland waterway (Loing)

Economy

Quarries stone calcareous
Beet sugar
Cereals
Market gardenings
Bee-keeping
Distilling
Sugar refinery
Ports on the channel

Famous characters

Tourist monuments and places

the stone quarry
the sugar refinery (surroundings 100 years)
Neolithic polishing machines (with the locality Coqueluchon)
the base of leisures at the edge of Loing
the park of the Loan (animalist park)
the church with its place
the old Cistercian abbey
Passage of the GR13

Events

August 1st

the market of the collectors : No the date

the purse with the toys : No the date

the fun fair : No the date

the secondhand trade : No the date

the Duathlon of Soups : For the courageous ones, the duathlon takes place on November 1st (approximately 23Km of bicycle and 8Km of race on foot).

the market of Christmas : The markets of Christmas take place each year on the place of the church.

Twinnings

References

Equipment

Sporting : The football field, the gymnasium, the track of karting, the bowling

Cultural : The sociocultural center

Education

; Nursery school

Nursery school of Boulay
Nursery school Carnot

; Elementary school

Elementary school of Boulay
Elementary school of the Center

; College

College Emile-Knight (349 pupils)

Sport

August 1st

the Bicycle Club Sulpicien
the section Table tennis
the section tennis shoe
the section game of bowls
the club of tennis
the VTT

External bonds

Site of the town of Souppes-sur-Loing
Site on the history of Souppes-sur-Loing
Site of photographs having stereotypes of Souppes-sur-Loing and its surroundings
Official site of the college Emile-Knight

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