La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
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Location within Île-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 48°56′59″N 3°07′49″E / 48.9497°N 3.1303°ECoordinates: 48°56′59″N 3°07′49″E / 48.9497°N 3.1303°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Meaux | |
| Canton | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre | |
| Intercommunality | Pays Fertois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Marie Richard | |
| Area1 | 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 9,055 | |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77183 / 77260 | |
| Elevation | 50–181 m (164–594 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne département in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
It is located at a crossing point over the River Marne between Meaux and Château-Thierry.
This area of France has frequently been a site of warfare. In 1819, British naval officer Norwich Duff (1792–1862), Edinburgh born, recorded a note on La Ferté. The Bourbon Restoration had apparently reduced the Napoleonic road building boom, as evidenced by unused mile stones. Construction projects had rebuilt some facilities destroyed in the war with Britain.
EDIT: La Ferte is famous for MILL stones used for milling flour. Some have even been found in england.
...left Meaux a little before seven and after passing through a fine country for five leagues, arrived at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, a neat little town on the banks of the [Rivers] Marne and Morin, where we breakfasted. This town supplies the greatest part of France with mile stones, which are considered the finest in Europe. The banks of the river and each side of the road were covered with them as we passed...The road from La Ferté to Chateau Thiéry (seven leagues) is very hilly but the scenery very fine. [We] passed three bridges over the Marne now rebuilt that were blown up on the advance of the Allies in 1813.
The artist Émile Bayard was born in this town (1837).
The area was invaded and occupied by the Germans from the beginning of the Great War, which led to considerable damage and casualties. After the war, on 14 August 1921, the town of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre was awarded the War Cross with the following citation:
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