Coupvray
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Coupvray (French: [kuvʁɛ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
People
Coupvray was the birthplace and home of Louis Braille. Braille's home is now a museum. Braille's hands are buried in Coupvray as a symbol of Louis’ system of touch reading, the rest of his body is buried in the Panthéon, Paris.
Points of interest
The Castle of Rohan, built over the period 1596–1602 by Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon, is another visitor attraction, although it is now mostly in ruins. Disneyland Resort Paris is also nearby.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Coupvray are known as Cupressiens in French.
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Education
The commune has the Groupe scolaire Francis et Odette Teisseyre, a school group including one preschool and one elementary school. The collège (junior high school) Etablissement Louis Braille in Esbly serves Coupvray, and the assigned senior high school is the Lycée Pierre de Coubertin in Meaux.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coupvray, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Etablissements scolaires Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine." Coupvray. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. "Le lycée d'affectation lié à la carte scolaire est le Lycée Pierre de Coubertin, chaussée de Paris à Meaux"
External links
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- Official Web site of the village of Coupvray (in French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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- Émilie du Châtelet (Serris)
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- Évariste-Galois (Noisy-le-Grand)
- Martin Luther King (Bussy-Saint-Georges)
- Lycée Jean-Moulin (Torcy)
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- Van Dongen (Lagny-sur-Marne)
- University of Marne-la-Vallée
- École des ponts ParisTech
- ESIEE Paris
- École nationale des finances publiques
- Campus Descartes
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- Disneyland Paris
- Château de Champs-sur-Marne
- Arènes de Picasso
- Espaces d'Abraxas
- Centre hospitalier de Marne-la-Vallée
- Église Saint-Sulpice
- Église Sainte-Thérèse-des-Richardets
- Église Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
- Église Saint-Martin-du-Champy
- Église Saint-Paul-des-Nations
- Église Saint-Martin-des-Gaules
- Église Saint-Furcy de Lagny-sur-Marne
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