Thorigny-sur-Marne (; 'Thorigny-on-Marne') is a commune in the eastern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region.
Demographics Inhabitants of Thorigny-sur-Marne are called Thorigniens in French.
Education the three preschools have 376 students, and the three elementary schools have 640 students. The preschools are: Ecole Maternellle Les Cerisiers, Ecole Maternelle Clémenceau, and Ecole Maternelle Les Pointes. The elementary schools are Ecole Elémentaire Les Cerisiers, Ecole Elémentaire Gambetta, and Ecole Elémentaire Les Pointes."Les écoles." Thorigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. The commune has one junior high school, Collège du Moulin à vent, and a vocational high school, Lycée Auguste Perdonnet. The area general senior high school/sixth form college, Lycée Van Dongen, is in Lagny-sur-Marne."Enseignement secondaire." Thorigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
History In 1649, during the reign of Louis XIV, Thorigny-Sur-Marne was brutally pillaged for 12 days by the Regiment de Conti after agreeing to give them quarter.Lynn, John A. “How War Fed War: The Tax of Violence and Contributions during the Grand Siècle.” The Journal of Modern History 65, no. 2 (1993): 286. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2124447. Witnesses describe how they "used extraordinary violence, having beaten and ransomed the inhabitants, pillaged and burned their furnishings...cut down their fruit trees...eaten and scattered their flock.""Requête des habitans du bourg de Thorigny, eslection de Sens," from an order of February 10, 1650, in Peter Jonathan Berger, "Military and Financial Government in France, 1648-1661" (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1979), p. 94.
See also Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
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Official site 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région