Jouarre

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Coordinates: 48°55′40″N, 3°7′51″E

Commune of Jouarre
Location
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Coordinates 48°55′40″N, 3°7′51″E
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement Meaux
Canton La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays Fertois
Mayor Pierre Goullieux
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 51 m–183 m
Land area¹ 42.19 km²
Population²
(1999)		 3,415
 - Density 81/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 77238/ 77640
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Jouarre is a French commune located in the Seine-et-Marne département, in the Île-de-France région.

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[edit] Abbey of Jouarre

It is the site of the abbey of Jouarre a Merovingian foundation of Abbess Theodochilde or Telchilde, traditionally in 630, inspired by the visit of Columban, the travelling Irish monk who inspired monastic institution-building in the early seventh century. At Jouarre there was a community of monks as well as nuns, but all were under the rule of the abbess, who in 1225 was granted immunity from interference by the bishop of Meaux, answering only to the pope.

The Merovingian (pre-Romanesque) crypt beneath the Romanesque abbey church contains a number of burials in sarcophagi, notably that of Theodochilde's brother, Angilbert (died 680), carved with a tableau of the Last Judgment and Christ in Majesty, highlights of pre-Romanesque sculpture. In the mid-ninth century the abbey acquired relics of St. Potentien; the relics assembled at Jouarre attracted pilgrims. The reputation of the house stood so high the abbey received a visit from Pope Innocent II in 1131 and was able to house a synod in 1133. The abbess's submission to the bishop of Meaux did not come about until Bossuet held the post in 1690.[1]

The present convent buildings, once again occupied by Benedictine nuns, date from the eighteenth century; their traditional vegetable and fruit garden (potager) are notable.

[edit] Demographics

Inhabitants are called Jotranciens.

As of the census of 1999, the town has a population of 3,415.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bossuet vs. Jouarre's Women

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