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.
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Coordinates: 48°53′04″N 2°42′51″E / 48.8844°N 2.7142°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-et-Marne |
Arrondissement | Torcy |
Canton | Lagny-sur-Marne |
Intercommunality | Marne et Gondoire |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Manuel Luis Da Silva[1] |
Area 1 | 5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 10,405 |
• Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 77464 /77400 |
Elevation | 38–122 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. |
Inhabitants of Thorigny-sur-Marne are called Thorigniens.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
As of 2016[update] 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]
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]