Noisiel | |
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 Location of Noisiel | |
  Noisiel  Noisiel | |
| Coordinates:48°51′17″N2°37′44″E / 48.8547°N 2.6289°E /48.8547; 2.6289 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Champs-sur-Marne |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Mathieu Viskovic[1] |
Area 1 | 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 16,053 |
| • Density | 3,690/km2 (9,560/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77337 /77186 |
| Elevation | 38–109 m (125–358 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Noisiel (French pronunciation:[nwazjɛl]ⓘ) is acommune in theFrench department ofSeine-et-Marne,administrative region ofÎle-de-France. It is located in the eastern suburbs ofParis, 20.5 km (12.7 mi) from thecenter of Paris.
The commune of Noisiel is part of the Val Maubuée sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" ofMarne-la-Vallée.
Inhabitants of Noisiel are calledNoisiéliens. The population of Noisiel increased sharply in the 1970s, and has since stabilised around 15,000 inhabitants. As of 1998, 8% of the population was Asian and certain parts of the commune had high Asian populations.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,274 | — |
| 1975 | 3,571 | +15.86% |
| 1982 | 12,446 | +19.53% |
| 1990 | 16,525 | +3.61% |
| 1999 | 15,502 | −0.71% |
| 2007 | 15,429 | −0.06% |
| 2012 | 15,625 | +0.25% |
| 2017 | 15,230 | −0.51% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Noisiel is served byNoisiel station on ParisRER line
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Noisiel is synonymous with the name "Menier", famouschocolate makers who built the first automated chocolate production facility in 1825 at a time when the village's inhabitants numbered around 200. The Menier company would prosper and in the 1870s built a complete "town" to accommodate its employees that numbered more than 2000 by the end of the 19th century.
Members of theMenier family were mayors of Noisiel without interruption from May 11, 1871, to November 8, 1959.
TheMenier Chocolate factory operated until 1993 and today is a museum and the French head office of theNestlé company who now own the company. It has been designated by the government of France as aMonument historique and is on the tentative list to be named aUNESCOWorld Heritage Site.[5][6]It is open once a year to visitors during the Open Doors Days in September. The Noisiel heritage office also offers several guided tours for visitors wishing to discover Noisiel and its history.
Noisiel has five groupings ofpreschools andelementary schools: Allée-des-Bois, Allée des Chevreuils, Bois-de-la-Grange, Ferme-du-Buisson,Jules-Ferry / Maryse-Bastié, Les Noyers, and Les Tilleuls.[7]
Noisiel has one junior high school, Collège du Luzard. There are other nearby junior high schools inChamps-sur-Marne,Emerainville,Lognes, andTorcy.[8]
The commune has two senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:[8]
Other senior high/sixth-form establishments in surrounding communes:[8]
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