Lagny-sur-Marne

From 644, Lagny-sur-Marne was the site of Lagny Abbey, a monastery founded that year, and after its destruction by the Normans refounded about 990. The monastery was seized by the state at the French Revolution and its buildings are used since 1842 as the offices of the municipality. During the Middle Ages Lagny-sur-Marne was one of the most popular places for tourneys in Northern France. In November 1179 a notable tournament was held by Louis VII of France in honour of the coronation of his son. In 1170, the young knight Baldwin of Bethune and his lifelong friend, William Marshal were at the court of Henry the Young King. In 1180 at the great international tournament of Lagny, Baldwin was a knight banneret, leading the Flemish team while William headed the English team. The town was one of the hosts of the Champagne fairs in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1846, Lagny-sur-Marne annexed the commune of Saint-Denis-du-Port. ==Demographics==

Inhabitants are called Latignaciens or Laniaques in French. ==Economy==

When video game company Titus Interactive was active, its head office was in Lagny-sur-Marne. ==Transport==

Lagny-sur-Marne is served by the Lagny – Thorigny station, on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line. The station, although administratively located in neighbouring commune of Thorigny-sur-Marne, is immediately across the river Marne from the centre of Lagny-sur-Marne. ==Education==

The commune has ten preschools and nine elementary schools. There are two junior high schools, Collège Les 4 Arpents and Collège Marcel Rivière, as well as one senior high school/sixth-form college, Lycée Van Dongen. ==Twin towns==

Lagny-sur-Marne is twinned with Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec in Canada since 1969, and also with Alnwick, Northumberland in the United Kingdom. == Notable residents ==

• Christopher Jullien (born 1993), footballer • Paul Pogba (born 1993), footballer • Christopher Nkunku (born 1997), footballer • Benjamin Boukpeti (born 1981), Togolese canoeist who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was Togo's first ever Olympic medal. • Valéry Aubertin (born 1970), the organist and composer, was born in Lagny-sur-Marne • Édouard Cortès (1882–1969), Post-Impressionist painter • Salomé Saqué (born 1995), journalist and writer ==See also==