Tournan-in-Brie

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

Its inhabitants is called the Tournanais .

Geography

River: Marsange. The commune is served by a station network Is Transilien, and it is the terminus of the line E of the RER since December 14th, 2003.

Localities and variations

  • justices

Communes bordering

Clockwise, on the basis of more in north, the communes bordering are:

History

Mentioned with 11th, " Turnornium" and with 14th, " Tournehem". Old Holy-Marie-Madeleine church, with the collation of the archbishop of Paris, removed in 1792.

  • the house of Garlande had this ground
1- Guy de Garlande who still lived in 1186, 2- Anseau I of Garlande of which one for no reason, 3- Anseau II of Garlande which lived in 1192, 4- Robert de Garlande, 5- Anseau III of Garlande of 1246 until 1255

Administration

Demography

Economy

Famous characters

  • Jean Baptist Vermay (painter) 1786-1833
  • Mrs Isaac Pereire (Pereire Foundation)

Tourist monuments and places

  • Pond of Armainvilliers. Park of Armainvilliers. Accesses of the castle of Boulayes
  • Saint-Denis Church, built into 1955/57 by Grandjean, that of the 13th century demolished by the bombardment of June 22nd, 1944. Covered with copper.

Events

Twinnings

References

External bonds

  • Site of the commune
  • the college Jean-Baptiste Vermay de Tournan in Brie

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