Coupvray

Coupvray
Coupvray
Commune
	The town hall in Coupvray
	Location of Coupvray
	Coupvray Coupvray
	Coordinates: 48°53′33″N 2°47′38″E / 48.8925°N 2.7939°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-et-Marne
Arrondissement	Torcy
Canton	Serris
Intercommunality	Val d'Europe Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Cerri
Area 1	8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,949
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	77132 /77700
Elevation	41–132 m (135–433 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coupvray (French: [kuvʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

People

Coupvray was the birthplace and home of Louis Braille. Braille's home is now a museum. Braille's hands are buried in Coupvray as a symbol of Louis’ system of touch reading; the rest of his body is buried in the Panthéon, Paris.

Points of interest

The Castle of Rohan, built over the period 1596–1602 by Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon, is another visitor attraction, although it is now mostly in ruins. Disneyland Resort Paris is also nearby.

Demographics

Inhabitants of Coupvray are known as Cupressiens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	588	—
1800	681	+2.12%
1806	629	−1.32%
1821	612	−0.18%
1831	616	+0.07%
1836	572	−1.47%
1841	543	−1.04%
1846	575	+1.15%
1851	566	−0.32%
1856	512	−1.99%
1861	499	−0.51%
1866	480	−0.77%
1872	463	−0.60%
1876	452	−0.60%
1881	456	+0.18%
1886	513	+2.38%
1891	503	−0.39%
1896	513	+0.39%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	519	+0.23%
1906	505	−0.55%
1911	516	+0.43%
1921	507	−0.18%
1926	582	+2.80%
1931	521	−2.19%
1936	695	+5.93%
1946	658	−0.55%
1954	707	+0.90%
1962	680	−0.49%
1968	769	+2.07%
1975	1,063	+4.73%
1982	1,416	+4.18%
1990	2,280	+6.14%
1999	2,713	+1.95%
2007	2,790	+0.35%
2012	2,607	−1.35%
2017	2,864	+1.90%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Education

The commune has the Groupe scolaire Francis et Odette Teisseyre, a school group including one preschool and one elementary school. The collège (junior high school) Etablissement Louis Braille in Esbly serves Coupvray, and the assigned senior high school is the Lycée Pierre de Coubertin in Meaux.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Coupvray, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Etablissements scolaires Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine." Coupvray. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. "Le lycée d'affectation lié à la carte scolaire est le Lycée Pierre de Coubertin, chaussée de Paris à Meaux"