Nogent-sur-Seine

Nogent-sur-Seine grew beside a crossing of the Seine, where a castle mound and walls protected the town. During the Hundred Years' War, bands of soldiers ravaged the surrounding country. In 1359 a force led by Eustache d'Aubrecicourt was defeated near Nogent by troops fighting for the French regent. The bishop of Troyes, Henri de Poitiers, and armed townspeople came to their aid, and Aubrecicourt was taken prisoner. A local chapel came to be associated with the encounter.