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Town	La Ferté-sous-Jouarre	Jouarre at 3 km (3 min)
Insee code	77183	Sept-Sorts at 3.3 km (3 min)
Postcode	77260	Reuil-en-Brie at 3.7 km (6 min)
Latitude	48.9505070	Sammeron at 4 km (3 min)
Longitude	3.1300590	Chamigny at 4.6 km (6 min)
Altitude	From 50 to 181 meters	Ussy-sur-Marne at 5.3 km (6 min)
Surface	10.06 km²	Signy-Signets at 6.1 km (9 min)
Population	9104 inhabitants	Luzancy at 7 km (13 min)
Density	904 inhabitants/km²	Sainte-Aulde at 7.9 km (12 min)
National label		Méry-sur-Marne at 8.3 km (16 min)
Chief town	Melun (at 80 km, 54 min)	Jaignes at 8.4 km (17 min)
Department	Seine-et-Marne	Saint-Ouen-sur-Morin at 9.4 km (15 min)
Region	Ile-de-France	Search another town

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TOWN PRESENTATION

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One hour from Paris, between hills and countryside of the Ile Champagne, at the confluence of the Marne and Petit Morin, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre has all the advantages of the city ... with the strengths and charm of the countryside.
Capital of the World Meulière, its landscapes are varied, hilly, wooded areas, and trails offer many opportunities for small and large hikes.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN:

Birth of a city, the origins:

Over time, archaeological discoveries have shown that the hamlet of Saint-Martin seems to be the cradle of the city.
In 1820, while digging a cellar in the village, they found several coffins in plaster and in 1848, by correcting the local road. In 1858, establishing the main road N ° 4, we began to date substructures Gallo-Roman. Then in 1864, the owners of the mill Condetz, by widening the bed of the Morin met with pieces of wood placed vertically as fixed in the marshes of the lake cities to build. An aurochs horn, three fragments of antlers that had been used as instruments of defense, a weapon of bronze (or iron) in the shape of a sword were found in the same circumstances and available at the Museum of Meaux . A funeral vase which contained the remains of burning was again discovered in 1870 in St. Martin.
Under Dagobert (628-638) took place the foundation of a number of monasteries, including that of Reuil. In the 9th century, following the various invasions, the men raised the fortifications, the birth of the movement feudal. At this time there appeared a new military leader das area: Anculfus. It has certainly been placed there to defend the Abbey of Jouarre which Hermentrune, wife of King Charles the Bald, who was the abbess. He settled on an island of the Marne where he could oppose the passage of the enemy, he built a fortress, as was the custom, took his name: Firmiter Anculfi (fortified farm of Anculfus) . The city will have that name until the 13th century, which is an evolution of language: Ancoul, Aucoul, Au Col. In troubled times of the French Revolution, we find the small town known as the La Ferte sous Jouarre said. In 1793, a decree stated that in future the city would be named: La Ferte-sur-Marne. In the 3rd Year (1795), it was La Ferte-sur-Morin. The Floreal Year 4 V, or August 23, 1797, after many adventures, the city becomes: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.

Memory of Earth:

Prior to the establishment of the Franks in Gaul, the chief reward for Germain gave the warrior who had distinguished himself in battle: a Framee (lance), or a horse, or he was invited to a feast. After the conquest, it was land that the chief Franc gave those who remained faithful. These lands were known as the "profits". Owners of large fiefs, required, at a time when wars were so frequent, to make allies, gave to other vassals some portions of their own areas of profits, so that a multitude of fiefs and to -fiefs were in the movement of the great feudatories.
From the 9th century, all land was owned by the nobility and the clergy.

The Counts of Champagne and Brie:

It is by Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, who died around 943, the brie was held in Champagne. Hubert III, one of his great-grand-son, was Count of Troyes and Meaux. In the 12th century, under the authority of Thibaut, one sees many religious buildings to create: many churches, monasteries and hospitals. Champagne and Brie, under their administration, are to expand their trade and industry. Troyes and Provins become manufacturing towns. Meaux, Coulsdon, Provins, Lagny have very important fairs. The communal movement is spreading in northern France. In 1179, Meaux received its charter of emancipation. In 1230, the right to choose its mayor and aldermen is given to Provins. The Viscounts of La Ferte-au-Coul had roads (viatoria) of this territory, that is to say they were feudal lords and high justice.
First Hugues (1096): Oisy Lord, lord of Cambrai, is certainly the first Viscount of La Ferte.
Hugues second Son of the preceding and father of Geoffrey, who at his death, inherited the Vicomte de Meaux and La Ferte.
Geoffrey or Godfrey (1115-1167): Around 1140, Geoffrey, knight, Viscount of La Ferte-au-Coul for the "cure of his soul and salvation of his predecessors" gave to the canons of the Church of Meaux , the to change, and all private or manorial rights they had in that district. Married to Constance, they had two children: Peter and Ade.
Peter, son of Geoffrey, Lord of La Ferte to 1170, had died without issue the manor since returned to his sister Ade.
Ade: With his son Hugh, they made significant gifts to the church of Reuil, among other things the census (fee payable by tenants to the lord of the fief).
Hugues third of Oisy (1171-1189): He is mentioned as Lord of La Ferte Anculph. Despite two marriages, one with Gertrude of Flanders, the second with Margaret Wood, widow of Otho, Count of Burgundy, he died without descendants. The lordship of La Ferte going on in the house of Montmirail, following the marriage of his sister Hildéarde with André de Montmirail, lord of La Ferte Gaucher.
Jean de Montmirail said the Blessed (1189-1217): Vicomte de Meaux, Count of La Ferte Gaucher, Lord of Crevecoeur, of Tresmes, La Ferte Aucoul. By his cheerfulness, his chivalry, his valor in battle and even more by the extent of his knowledge, he became the favorite of King Philip 2nd Aust (1165-1223), which gives it the nickname "John of Goodness." Converted by a monk, he retired on his land, to deal with religious foundations but also to concentrate on raising her two son, John and Matthew. In 1209, after receiving the consent of his wife, he joined the monks of Longpont, near Soissons, where he died in 1217.
Jean second (1209-1240): It is declared dead with no children.
Mathieu (1240-1262): Brother of John, gives alms to the priory of Reuil, in 1245, a fishery "in water from the Marne." He died also without issue, the land of La Ferte returns to his sister Marie de Montmirail.
Marie de Montmirail: Because of the time, her husband Enguerrand de Coucy third administering his property. He became Lord of La Ferte's behalf.
3rd Enguerrand de Coucy: This is a valiant knight. In 1209, he participated in the crusade against the Albigensians. It is at Bouvines in 1214 and is part of the League against the Regent. He returned to the service of Louis the 9th (St. Louis), who is among his most faithful Barons. He died in 1242. This is his second son who succeeds him.
4th Enguerrand de Coucy: It is a case made famous by the opponent to the king. In 1261, having caught three young Flemish hunting on his land, he hanged without further ado. The King is arrested and taken to the Tower of the Louvre. He appears before the Court of Peers. Despite the support of the great feudal families and an apology from the king, he was sentenced to a fine of £ 12,000 and a solemn expiation. The product of the fine is used to build the hospital of Pontoise and public schools in Paris. He died in 1311. With him off the branch directly Coucy. His property passed to his nephew Jean de Guines, it inherits the lordship of the Ferte Gaucher and Coul.
Jean third of Guines (1311-1334): It is confirmed in his rights by a decree dated 1318. When he died, he left as heir his daughter Jeanne, who had lost his only son in 1335, can take possession of his property, the land of La Ferte returns to the second house of Coucy, Enguerrand sixth by brother John Guines.
6th of Enguerrand Ciucy (1335-1350): Husband of Catherine of Austria, daughter of Duke Leopold and granddaughter of Emperor Albert I. He took part in all the wars of his time, he fought in Flanders against Edward III, King of England. He then took an active part in the War of Succession of Brittany. He died in 1350 leaving heir to his daughter Jeanne de Coucy.
Jeanne de Coucy (1350-1373): in 1352 she married Jean de Bethune. From this union was born Robert, who married in first wedding Jeanne de Châtillon, who died childless, and Ysabeau of Ghistelle. They had two daughters, Jeanne, Viscountess of Meaux, Lady of La Ferte Aucoul, Tancrou, Bellot-en-Brie, wife of Robert of Bar. They had a daughter named Jeanne like her mother. Robert de Bar was killed during the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. His widow is presented to John of Luxembourg.
Jean of Luxembourg: Governor of Arras by King Charles VI. The marriage contract is dated November 23, 1416. At that time, it already shows that the attachment is to the English and the House of Burgundy. This is one of his men, the Bastard of Vendome, which is trapped Joan of Arc at Compiègne and sold it without a blush to the English through 10,000 pounds of gold. In 1435, he refused to sign the Peace of Arras, which brings the Duke of Burgundy the King of France. He died in 1440, chastised by King Charles VII.
Louis of Luxembourg: Nephew of John of Luxembourg, Count of Saint Paul, who became lord of La Ferte, he also refuses to sign the Peace of Arras. But he became friends with the Dauphin (son of Francis I) and made a covenant with the king against the English. Louis the 11th gives the title Constable of France, and married him in second wedding of Marie Savoie. For interest, it continues to lead a double game between the king and the duke of Burgundy. Discovered by both parties, after his trial, he was taken on the Place de Greve, where he was beheaded for the crime of lese majesty, December 14, 1475. The first marriage of Louis of Luxembourg with Jeanne de Bar was born Pierre, who died in 1472, father of four children, three son died without issue, and a daughter Marie of Luxembourg.
Marie of Luxembourg: She comes into possession of the land of La Ferte in 1487. That same year she married François de Bourbon, Count of Vendome. They have four son and their father died in 1495, Charles de Bourbon, who inherits his father's land, under the tutelage of his mother.
Charles de Bourbon, Duc de Vendôme, he married in 1513 Francoise d'Alencon which gives thirteen children including:
Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henri IV.
Charles de Bourbon, Cardinal of Rouen, the king created by the League in 1589 under the name of Charles X.
First Louis de Bourbon, first Prince of Condé (1530-1569): Ancestor of the Grand Conde, he inherits the land La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. He joined the Calvinism and was the leader of the Protestant party in France. Accused of being the instigator of the conspiracy of Amboise, he was imprisoned and released by François second by his brother Henry III. In 1551 he married Eleanor of Roye. Valiant warrior, he was however defeated at Dreux in 1562, then in Jarnac, where he was assassinated in 1569. At his death his son Henry inherited La Ferte.
First Henri de Bourbon, 2nd Prince of Condé was born in the 29 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre avil 1552, it appears after the death of his father, Louis de Condé as a leader of the Calvinistic party with his cousin Henry of Navarre (later King Henri IV). He married first to Mary of Cleves in 1571 at the castle of Blandy-les-Tours, but she died in 1574. Then he married in second wedding of Charlotte Trémoille. It will, of the Bourbon-Conde, the last owner of the land of La Ferte. By act of July 18, 1585, he sold his beautiful La Ferte-sister, the Princess of Conti for a price of 20,000 gold crowns, which provide finance for the Huguenot army. The Princesse de Conti immediately resells the land to Sieur de Larche and Dame de Vivonne, daughter of Lady of the Force who married in second wedding François de Caumont, whose son became one of the Caumont de La Force and redeem her sister, Lady Vivonne, the land of La Ferte. Henri de Conde died March 5, 1588 in Saint-Jean d'Angely. His wife, suspected of poisoning is trapped. His second son Henri de Bourbon, 3rd Prince of Condé was born on 1 September 1588, he was the father of the "Grand Condé" second Louis de Bourbon, 4th Prince of Conde.
Jacques de Caumont Duke Nompar Force: Born in 1558, it will be marked by the assassination of his father and brother at St. Bartholomew, himself escaped by a miracle. This drama does take account of Conde and Navarre and follows all the campaigns. He became one of the generals and Marshal of France in 1622. Marshal of the Force comes to La Ferte in 1623 to take formal possession of the manor. He was one of the colonels of the Company of Arquebusiers of the city. From his first marriage lasted 60 years, he had 12 children Rompar Armand de Caumont, to whom he sold La Ferte. Nompar give his land as a dowry to his daughter Charlotte who married Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne in 1653.
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675). Commander of the army in Germany during the Thirty Years War, Lieutenant General and Marshal of France in 1643. He is also Colonel of the Company of La Ferte Arquebusiers. Protestant, he converted to Catholicism by Bossuet in 1668. But before his death at the Battle of Sasbach in 1675 upon the death of his wife in 1666, it makes the dowry of her father Charlotte. In 1674, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre out of the house of Caumont Force and enters that of La Rochefoucauld de Roye for the following reasons: The Force Duke Armand and Francois de Roye had a common parentage, and the Duke of Force n ' having no heir to the death of his daughter Charlotte, he gave his land to Francis de Roye, the possession was legally completed in 1682. On the death of Francis, his heir was Charles Frederick, but his refusal to abjure the Protestant religion did emigrate to Denmark and he lost all his rights and property collected by the children remained in France: Francois de Roye to La Rochefoucauld, Charles de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, and Louis de La Rochefoucauld de Roye. This undivided ceased before the death of Francis. Sharing took place and La Ferte fell to Louis de La Rochefoucauld de Roye, his son Jean-Baptiste-Frederick (known as the Duc d'Enville). His heir was a son of Louis-Alexandre La Rochefoucauld, who in turn inherited land La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.
Louis-Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld (1743-1792): an enlightened patron of the arts and sciences, he was a member of the Assembly of Notables and Estates-General (1789). Last Lord of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre after his death, his widow remarried to LA Boniface de Castellane, and under this name it sells to Mr. La Ferte Devouge, wholesale grocer who made the castle a store. Then his son, Mr. Dupuis, thought to restore the castle, he made an estimate of the work by Viollet-Leduc. The amount announced, the owner knocked down and the land was divided into lots.

During the French Revolution, the Constituent Assembly abolished the provinces and divided France into departments. La Ferte became chief town of a canton comprises 18 communes. After being called in 1793 La Ferte-sur-Marne and La Ferte-sur-Morin, the 5th Floreal Year 4 (August 23, 1797), the city takes its present name: La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. This dark period in the late 18th century brought to La Ferte a historical episode in the 16th flight of Louis and his family. Arrested at Varennes, the convoy on the return from Paris stopped La Ferté-sous-Jouarre June 23, 1791 for a meal. Louis-Charles Ambrose Regnard, Mayor, welcomed the king with deference to his castle on the Island, which earned him a few years later to be imprisoned but to avoid the guillotine by the fall of Robespierre. In 1750, was born in the city of Himbert Flégny (Louis-Alexandre, Baron), mayor of La Ferte in 1792. He was a member of the Convention and Member of the Seine and Marne. He joined the coup d'état of Bonaparte. Became knighted in 1808 and Baron in 1810. He built the castle of the Abyss also called Bondons. Humbert died at La Ferte January 11, 1825.
This period brought significant changes to La Ferte. The deliberation of the Council of the Municipality of November 22, 1790, authorized the Mayor Regnard "to seek the annulment of the toll bridge." By the decree of November 2, 1789, assignment to the nation of church property, the mills were part of the national property and therefore property of the town of La Ferte, and all real property of religious institutions. The decree of March 15, 1790 has removed the rights of banality held since the Middle Ages by Abbey Reuil. Before the French Revolution, there was a school for teaching Latin, run by nuns. From 1795 he was arrested they would have, in the canton of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, 18 primary schools of which 2 would be placed in the town and 16 communes in the canton: Chang, Ussy, Sammeron, Saint-Jean-les- Twin two-Pierre Levee, Signy Bookmarks Bassevelle, Bussieres, Citry, Saâcy, Mery, Luzancy, St. Auld, and Chamigny Reuil.
After the defeat of Leipzig in 1913, France was invaded by the Coalition of the great European states. In 1814, invaded the city will experience one of the last battles launched by Napoleon, the Battle of Montmirail, he must abdicate.
Industry millstone:

Bread and essential food of all time, is made of flour to be milled.
Since ancient times, the seeds are crushed wheat with stones rubbed each other.
In the Middle Ages, water and wind were the driving forces of the mills and was extracted from the land of boulders to crush grain in mills. With a high quality stone, flint, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre will develop an expertise in meulerie reputation.
After the revolution, the liberalization of land will enhance the growth of this business. It gradually abandoned the manufacture of grinding wheels "monoliths", that is to say composed of a single block of stone, to apply the technique of grinding "English" consisting of multiple choice pieces of stone, " tiles ". We eradicate these stones in all the surrounding hills of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre: Tarterel, wood of the bar ... This industrialization will have its heyday in the 19th century. La Ferté-sous-Jouarre had at that time 23 companies. Annual production reached 1000 to 1200 wheels and 80 to 100 000 tiles that went by boat and by rail in the world. We still find in many countries.
Around 1860, large industrial mills appear and use a new system of milling. Many small mills, victims of this competition, closing gradually. Trade in millstones slowly collapses.
In 1881, this crisis will be born the general society millstone (CMS), fusion of 9 companies Fertois that will not stop the decline. Millstone workers, exhausted from a hard work (life expectancy of no more than 45 years), launched a long strike in 1910 and in 1914 started World War which will complete the downfall of this industry.
Since 2003, the General Council of Seine-et-Marne and the Municipality of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre opened to the public a "significant natural area (SLA) Timber Bar" which offers an educational tour to discover the fauna and flora but on the work done on the stone taken from this earth.
Several streets in the city remind the industry: Rue du Port aux Meules Street Tiles of Street Carrier Street Grindstone Street openers.

Industry and trade in textiles:

Thanks in part to important sheep farming, the textile industry of the Brie was a fairly prosperous time. In the 17th century, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, there were eight master manufacturers who wove in a year 30 pieces of serge draped. A note of Colbert in 1669 indicates the existence of "... 60 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre looms for the manufacture of bouracans" (large cloth coat). This work was through a wool carding stage (from the name teasel plant in Europe, kind of thistle, whose head was used to hot combing raw wool), it was to separate and align the fibers for over a wool carder, a tool composed of two planks of wood stuck inside small metal spikes.
But the most important industry at that time was the tannery. Any city, large or small, located on a stream community had its master tanners. While keeping a traditional character, tanning asked to have enough capital important because the tanning operations were very long and sometimes lasted up to two years. The master tanners had within the walls of the city a monopoly of the manufacture and sale, it was found that several tanners were accessing the aldermen (one alderman is the name of judges elected by the residents of some municipalities, responsible for assist the mayor under the former regime) and allied to the great middle-class families. The business is large enough, the cloth merchants were organized as a corporation. They had shops in town and participated in many fairs and markets: Meaux, Melun, Provins. Many street names are reviving these professions: Rue Pelletier (profession of Trade and Labor of the skin and fur, from the Latin meaning PELIS skin), rue des Tanneries, Street Ovens, rue des Cordeliers.

SIGHTSEEING

The wood of the bar:

In the early 19th century that the activity millstone Fertois industrialized, wood quarries of Barre will gain momentum. We abandon the manufacture of grinding wheels in one piece "monolithic" and turned to the production of wheels called "English". This innovation introduced a method of assembling several pieces: the tiles around a single centerpiece: the Boitard.
In 1837, companies Gaillard, Little & Halbou Old Gatelier founded the company in the wood of the bar.
By 1900, trade in millstones declines, quarries of Barre experiencing ultimate conversion through the extraction of stone for construction. But another use is less visible: these are the works of the new Paris Metro! The rubble millstone are conveyed from the quarries to the edge of the Marne thanks to an ingenious air carrier, a sort of cable. From there, barges carrying stone to the capital. This is the time of the expansion of the suburbs of Paris and its pavilions "millstone."
This former place of extraction of the millstone, this site on the hillside is an ideal place for hikers. Afforestation Timber Bar is marked by stands that have naturally colonized an environment transformed by man at the time of its operations for the millstone. The undergrowth total 165 plant species. It has beautiful stretches of spring plants: bluebell, Vicar, false buttercup, wood anemone ... Areas and open limestone slopes contain the male orchis. Among the fauna, it is possible to observe mammals such as deer, wild boar, marten, badger, but also in ponds a protected species in France: the spotted salamander. This circuit allows the teacher to find out what stroller historical and ecological site.
Free access. Possibility of free guided tours for groups by reservation at the Tourist Office La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.

The port on Wheels:

As part of an industry that exported goods particularly weighted (a grinder = 1 to 5 tons) and on a global scale, the logistics of course occupied a prominent place.
The archives of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries show a significant number of ports in stacks, like equipment mariners of the time: not with a dock basins like the modern ports, but a single track (a "strike" ) against which to store the boats came, and an empty space behind to store goods awaiting shipment, but also allow the operation of the crews towed.
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre has, in heritage millstone, a unique monument, "the port to the Millstones Pâtis of Conde", who was obviously the greatest of all. His presence is attested from 1558, when Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conde and Lord of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, grants residents the right to use two pieces of meadow lying to the suburbs: the one side and the other located Reuil side of the islands of Condetz (the Pâtis Condé). The Fertois can then freely use these spaces for them to graze their livestock but also to store stacks.
In 1880, the bare ownership of the port wheels Conde still belongs to the Lord of La Ferte, the Duc de La Rochefoucauld. He sold shortly after traders millstone of the city in separate lots.
The years 1860-1870 are the result of the true birth of this monument of English Quay, one of the most important heritage millstone Fertois: 400 to 500 big wheels monoliths stacked eight levels of the river Marne, the right plug-Gueuvin workshops and Company. They form a wall about 4 feet high. On this platform were heavy barges dock in search of wheels, and later steamboats. They could load the heavy stones of full board, even when the river was in spate.
This monument has kept a strong evocative power and leaves no visitor indifferent, especially where an underground passage leads, displaying a column of wheels over much of its diameter.
Free access.

The church of Saint-Etienne Saint-Denis:

Until the late 14th century, there are only two parish churches in La Ferte: Condetz and St. Nicolas.
Saint-Denis was first a chapel successively enlarged.
The Church of Condetz was built between the 9th and the 10th century, replacing the chapel of St. Martin. It was built by the monks of Reuil that, since the time of their foundation, protecting the interests of religious people. It was located at 500 or 600 meters from the Saint-Martin, on the banks of the Marne.
The Church of St. Etienne de Condetz, located on the other side of the river, was eccentric relative to the castle. The celebration of the offices it was often compromised.
In the early 15th century, a movement of population, largely due to the various invasions and then the war against the English, urged people to seek help and protection inside the fortress. The people chose him as "Chapel rescue" the Belfry (or control tower). It was enlarged gradually at the expense of the parishioners. It's a little later than the last one built spans encompassing the tower. The Church of St. Denis was built between 1620 and 1625.
According to the journal of Father Duchêne, despite its poor condition, the church of Saint-Etienne was still serve as parish until 1637. Its use is less frequent, we abandoned the idea of repair and damage became irreparable.
In 1750, at a meeting of the city and the parish, which took place at the Town Hall, it was decided that the materials from the demolition of St. Stephen's serve in the restoration of Saint-Denis. According to the oldest church bulletins, in 1580, the church of Saint-Denis had already taken the double name of Saint-Etienne Saint-Denis. The two churches simultaneously serve until 1624. The shape of the tower of the present church dates from its reconstruction in 1750, it had a carillon. The organ was completed October 29, 1628, Marshal of the Force, lord of the city at that time, came to hear the first pipe.

The Town Hall:

The City Hall is one of the most remarkable buildings of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. On the neo-Gothic architecture, was built in 1885. It was erected at the site of the "Grand Dauphin Crowned" inn of the 16th century, turned into City Hall in 1762 under the aegis of Simon Gueuvin, then mayor of the city and millstone.
An architectural competition program was developed. He planned every detail of construction, from the materials (including, of course, the millstone for foundations) to handle the windows. Thus it is clear that the flat bricks were to come from the region of Reuil. Thirteen candidates presented their projects. It is that of Paul Héneux was retained. For the project, he surrounded himself with the best artists of the time: Bourgeois, Glaize, Deshayes, Desbois ...
Today, the building that stands in the heart of the city serves as a historical link between the heritage of the past that has not withstood the successive wars and changes in lifestyles, and heritage unique to contemporary quiet of the soul for those who know Fertois stroll.
Free guided tours every first Tuesday of the month between May and October of registration at the Tourist Office La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. Reservations throughout the year for groups.

The Art Centre of the old synagogue and the museum André Planson:

The ground floor of the former synagogue houses temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists living in the region, inspired by her, or artists that are part of local heritage rich in matter.
On the first floor of the art center, museum Planson Andre Andre Planson (1898-1981) was born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, it has been associated with the School of Paris painters of the "poetic reality". The landscape of the valley inspired him many colorful and vibrant paintings. Mac Orlan wrote: "Andrew Planson knows the language of water and the woods, and for this reason the Marne made thanks to him and delights in front of his paintings." The flowering of his talent is revealed in a series of watercolors that the artist has seized the transparency of light and grace of the rhythm of this part of Ile de France.
The museum was designed with a certain chronology: the tables were painted between 1930 and 1980. At the back of the room, you can see a scene representing his studio one discovers a cabinet in which a painter had to keep his tubes of paint, brushes, his charcoals, pastels ...
Focus on the history of the building: Inspired by a Romano-Byzantine synagogue was built in 1890 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre on plans by architect Edmond Fauvet, and carried out by the contractor Eugene Picard. Nathan Levy was the first Rabbi, he will lead the religious ceremony of the inauguration of the building Sept. 21, 1891 in the presence of Chief Rabbi of France, Zadoc Kahn and Mr. Mayor La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Paul Lallier. After a slow migration of Jews from eastern France following the annexation of Alsace and part of Lorraine, the Jewish community of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre increases significantly in the 1860s. A place of worship is found in a building in the rue Saint Nicolas. Nathan Levy, a young rabbi of 25 years, was appointed permanently in 1871 until his death in 1911. The official birth of the community is recognized in 1867. The Jewish population is then composed of cattle merchants, showmen, butchers, traders in fabrics, shoes, clothing and clothing, and six annuitants. It then evolves into the professions, doctors and lawyers. The sculptor Samuel Adam-Salomon (1818-1881) was also born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. The house in the Rue Saint-Nicolas had become too small, grants are launched to build the new synagogue will be operational in 1891. The community consists of at that time about 30 families residing in the township of La Ferte, or some 150 Jews, all of Ashkenazi culture. The years 1880-1900 mark the climax of this community, which explains the construction of the synagogue. It then decreases due to the attraction of Paris and cities such as Meaux and Chateau-Thierry. In 1940, the eve of the tragedy of the Shoah, the Jewish population of the township is less than one hundred people. The raid of 22 October 1943 led to the arrest of La Ferte 14 elderly, 10 were deported to Auschwitz and gassed. The four other prisoners at Drancy to be the camp's liberation in August 1944. After the Evian in July 1962, some families of Sephardim from North Africa settled in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. Soon, they become more numerous than the Ashkenazim, but they do not attend the synagogue of the city, preferring the offices of the Sephardic community of Meaux. Finally, there is more to La Ferte, the organized Jewish community, the synagogue fills his church service to the exodus of 1940. After the war, it is reopened only on very rare occasions, maintenance becomes urgent. The decision was taken in 1973 to sell the building to the city. The municipality at the time plans to open a library in the immediate and longer term to create a museum devoted to painting and in particular the work of André Planson painter Fertois. Since 2011, it houses temporary exhibitions of contemporary art on the ground floor, and the museum André Planson the first floor.
Open to the public Saturday from 15h to 18h, Sundays and public holidays from 10h to 13h and from 15h to 18h. For groups, visits throughout the year by reservation at the Tourist Office on +33 1 60 01 87 99.
Free admission.

The bandstand:

Facing the municipal theater, equipped with a millstone pedestal is of course with much fanfare that the bandstand was opened May 3, 1903.
On April 9, 1893, Auguste Alfred Cocu, on the eve of a trip, wrote his will. Several years have passed and Mr. Cuckold died at the age of 50 in January 1900, leaving no children. The heirs discovered when he donated to the city of 10,000 francs to build a bandstand on the Pâtis of Conde.
After experiencing musical hour in the shade of trees in the place, the presence of bands on the kiosk has gradually decreased to disappear completely.
In 2009, the bandstand has been completely renovated. Today, the sounds of new rhythms, "La Fête de la Musique" and some other parties point it will revive the festive hour.

Theater:

While millstone and redecorated in front of a fore-baroque-style church, the municipal theater was built in 1892 and inaugurated in 1896. He was named Theatre "Eldorado". In the early 20th century, troops passing gave performances. In 1914, the Battle of the Marne turns it into a hospital, that of the street Chamigny, led by Dr. Bar and seconded by Dr. Helmann, being overwhelmed with wounded. He then became the place where you can attend concerts, plays, bands and political meetings, room must Fertois life.
Information: Tel. : +33 1 60 22 25 63 or +33 1 60 01 87 99.

The British Memorial:

On September 5, 1914, nearly a million French soldiers and their British allies, defeated fighters battles deadly border, harassed by a retired exhausting, are resolutely turn around and resume the offensive. This will be the First Battle of the Marne, a victory at a price of 7 days of fierce fighting on a front of over 200 km, breaking the German onslaught, protecting and saving Paris France from invasion. La Ferté-sous-Jouarre was a theater of combat.
On Sunday, November 4, 1928 was inaugurated the memorial in the presence of Marshal Foch, with an imposing monument, carved in stone, 3,888 names of officers and soldiers who fell in this battle in September 1914. These men belonged to the British Expeditionary Force from six divisions commanded by General Sir John French.
This monument has been erected by the British government on the banks of the Marne on land donated by Miss Fizeau Jussieu, a descendant of the scientist Hippolyte de Jussieu who was a member of the Royal Academy in London.
This sanctuary is the work of sculptor Goldchmidt at the initiative of "Souvenir English" and its President Lieutenant General Pulteney, who participated in the Battle of the Marne.
Hippolyte Fizeau: Born in 1819, he was originally with Leon Foucault first use of photography in astronomy. It is also the creator of the first method for measuring the speed of light. In 1860 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences. By his marriage, he entered the prestigious family of botanists: the Jussieu (Anthony, Bernard, Joseph, Adrian). After living in the castle of Venteuil, family home of his wife, he died in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre in 1896.
In this field (the Memorial) has been planted since 1964, a cedar of Lebanon qu'introduisit Bernard de Jussieu in 1727. A commemorative plaque at the foot of the cedar.

The garden-Collingwood James Thomson:

Facing the garden of the island, this green space surrounds the memorial of the English.
He was baptized July 27, 2004 in memory of one of the first British victims of the Battle of the Marne in September 1914. James Thomson, Collingwood was mortally wounded at the corner of the Rue de Conde and the street tiles September 9, 1914. Transported to the castle of Perreuse, serving as a military hospital, he died the next day. This land was given by Fizeau family, descended from a family of botanists, Fizeau-Jussieu.

The Garden Island:

The Garden Island is located on the old road leading to Castle Island, on the banks of the Marne, arranged for walks up to Petit Morin. Greenery throughout the Marne, with a play area for younger children, a skate park and a playground for older children delimited. In the shade, benches for contemplating nature, fishermen, boats, swans or jogging outdoors.
The Garden Island hosts many events throughout the year: Easter egg hunt or Ferte-Plage in July.

The Park fountain Pigeons:

By the side street or driveway Watch your match, you enter the park by the fountain to Pigeons, now beautiful arboretum with calm and relaxing in the shade of many tree species.
The park consisted of a part ownership of the castle of Lagny that belonged to Marie of Luxembourg which has now trace since 1521. We know that M Bercheny, Lord of Luzancy, was also owner of the castle. This is the Second Empire that the creation reveals its landscape art in the park with the fountain Pigeons. A generation of landscape is the growing demand from individuals of the small and middle bourgeoisie.
Hikers and nature lovers will find a gentle peaceful, athletes can in turn spawn a journey it among the busiest roads arranged.
Free access.
Information: Tel. : +33 1 60 22 25 63 or +33 1 60 01 87 99.

Detailed information
Transport	Train station of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre

EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

Festival "blue hands", a festive and family event: mid-September. Festival of street arts organized by the municipality. Everyone will be guided through a series of artistic interventions (visual arts, circus arts, street arts, theater, dance, music ...) outdoors, proposed by amateur groups and professional. Since the Middle Ages until the first half of the 20th century, the city has experienced La Ferté-sous-Jouarre prosperity through the extraction of gritstone and manufacture of millstones were exported worldwide. The sudden decline of this industry has left a deep trauma. At La Ferte is in memory of working so hard for these men, which is also its heritage, the city wants to honor the creation of a festival of street arts. Between the extraction sites of stone, cutting workshops, market activity on the Marne and at the station, reflected sounds, rhythm, color, an abundance of workers, men, women or children. All these elements are symbolic of the past, and it is this symbolism that will be transmitted and reinterpreted in various events scheduled for this day. The "blue hands" are those workers who were cutting stone fly flint flakes which penetrated the flesh. The hand symbol may work but it is also the symbol of giving and sharing. The idea is to work both on the territory of the real and imaginary territory.

PHOTOS

Park fountain Pigeons (Credit: Daniel Celerier)

Garden Island

Art Centre of the old synagogue and museum Andre Planson

British Memorial

Town Hall

St. Stephen's Church St. Denis

LINKS

www.la-ferte-sous-jouarre.fr

Official site of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre

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WEATHER

Wednesday 15 February
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Thursday 16 February
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Friday 17 February
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