Thorigny-sur-Marne
The town hall of Thorigny-sur-Marne
The town hall of Thorigny-sur-Marne
Coat of arms of Thorigny-sur-Marne
Location of Thorigny-sur-Marne
Thorigny-sur-Marne is located in France
Thorigny-sur-Marne
Thorigny-sur-Marne
Thorigny-sur-Marne is located in Île-de-France (region)
Thorigny-sur-Marne
Thorigny-sur-Marne
Coordinates: 48°53′04″N 2°42′51″E / 48.8844°N 2.7142°E / 48.8844; 2.7142
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-et-Marne
ArrondissementTorcy
CantonLagny-sur-Marne
IntercommunalityMarne et Gondoire
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Manuel Luis Da Silva[1]
Area
1
5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
10,405
  Density2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
77464 /77400
Elevation38–122 m (125–400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thorigny-sur-Marne (French pronunciation: [tɔʁiɲi syʁ maʁn] , literally Thorigny on Marne) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Thorigny-sur-Marne are called Thorigniens.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,768    
1975 7,059+2.93%
1982 7,596+1.05%
1990 8,326+1.15%
1999 9,029+0.90%
2007 9,386+0.49%
2012 9,107−0.60%
2017 10,154+2.20%
Source: INSEE[3]

Education

As of 2016 the three preschools have 376 students, and the three elementary schools have 640 students. The preschools are: Ecole Maternellle Les Cerisiers, Ecole Maternelle Clémenceau, and Ecole Maternelle Les Pointes. The elementary schools are Ecole Elémentaire Les Cerisiers, Ecole Elémentaire Gambetta, and Ecole Elémentaire Les Pointes.[4] The commune has one junior high school, Collège du Moulin à vent, and a vocational high school, Lycée Auguste Perdonnet. The area general senior high school/sixth form college, Lycée Van Dongen, is in Lagny-sur-Marne.[5]

History

In 1649, during the reign of Louis XIV, Thorigny-Sur-Marne was brutally pillaged for 12 days by the Regiment de Conti after agreeing to give them quarter.[6] Witnesses describe how they "used extraordinary violence, having beaten and ransomed the inhabitants, pillaged and burned their furnishings...cut down their fruit trees...eaten and scattered their flock."[7]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. "Les écoles." Thorigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  5. "Enseignement secondaire." Thorigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  6. Lynn, John A. “How War Fed War: The Tax of Violence and Contributions during the Grand Siècle.” The Journal of Modern History 65, no. 2 (1993): 286. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2124447.
  7. "Requête des habitans du bourg de Thorigny, eslection de Sens," from an order of February 10, 1650, in Peter Jonathan Berger, "Military and Financial Government in France, 1648-1661" (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1979), p. 94.


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