Congis-sur-Thérouanne

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Location of Congis-sur-Thérouanne

(2020–2026) Philippe Mimmas^[1]Area

15.12 km² (5.84 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,772 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77126 /77440

Elevation42–122 m (138–400 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Congis-sur-Thérouanne (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ʒi syʁ teʁwan] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Demographics

The inhabitants are called Congissois.

Schools

The communal preschool and elementary school is the École "Casse-Noisettes". Junior high school students attend Collège Camille-Saint-Saëns in Lizy-sur-Ourcq and Collège du Champivert in Crouy-sur-Ourcq. There is one senior high school/sixth-form college in the commune, Lycée du Gué-à-Tresmes.^[3]

People linked to the commune

Pierre Baillet, (born Paris c.1447; died Auxerre before 1513), lord of Villers-lès-Rigault, a former commune merged with Congis-sur-Thérouanne in 1807. He is interred in the Saint-Alexandre chapel, behind the choir, with his brother, Jean III Baillet, Bishop of Auxerre.
Henri Hérouin, (1876-?), Olympic champion archer at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Vie scolaire." Congis-sur-Thérouanne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Congis-sur-Thérouanne.

Home page (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)