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Montereau-fault-yonneMontereau-Fault-Yonne is a city and commune in France, chief town of the canton of Seine-et-Marne (postal code 77130), in the southeastern part of the dpartement. The city holds its name of its geographical position with the confluence of the Yonne and the Seine (Fault, also spelled faut comes from the verb faillir, to fail in French in its old direction is necessary to fall) History In 1359, the King of Navarre Charles II of Navarre, who held the city because of his Champagne ascent, lost it in front of the regent of France (the future king Charles V). Jean sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne was killed on the bridge of the city in September, 1419 by Tanguy du Chtel (or Tanneguy Duchtel?) and the sire de Barbazan, during the interview which he had with the dauphin, future king Charles VII. The ollégiale the Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Loup contains a sword which would have belonged to Jean sans Peur. The Geographer Malte-Brun reported, in France illustre (1882), that aurait (would have) a long time reading the following inscription about a bridge where the duke was assassinated. In 1420, Philip the Good, successor of the assassinated duke, seized the city, which remained eight years with the hands of the Anglo-Burgundian coalition. However, at the end of a long seat, the king Charles VII, helped by Chabannes and Dunois, managed to take it again. In 1567, during the wars of religion, Cond briefly seized the city. In 1587, the inhabitants of Montereau took of party of the League, but ended up being accepted in 1590 the legitimacy of the new king Henry IV. Montereau was also the place of one of the last victories of Napoleon on February 14, 1814. Miscellaneous The population rose with 17,625 inhabitants in 1999 (25,580 for the agglomeration). The mayor is Yves Jego. The canton, which belonged to the district of Fontainebleau in the beginning, was attached to Provins in 1926. It has 14 communes and 33,646 inhabitants.
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