Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...

 department in the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....

 region

Régions of France

France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

 in north-central France

France

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The commune was created in 1973 by the fusion of three villages: Lunigny, Nesles and Ormeaux.

On the northern side is Parc des Félins

Parc des Félins

Parc des Félins is a zoological park in France dedicated to the breeding and conservation of wild members of the Cat family. It is located in the commune of Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux in Seine-et-Marne, about southeast of Paris.The park covers an area of...

, a 60-hectare captive breeding reserve for big cat

Big cat

The term big cat – which is not a biological classification – is used informally to distinguish the larger felid species from smaller ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the genus Panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar, and leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able...

s, covering 25 of the world's 41 species.

Ira and Edita Morris

Edita Morris

Edith Dagmar Emilia Morris, born Toll was a Swedish-American writer and political activist.-Biography:...

, who have created the Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture, were living in Nesles.

External links

• Town's website
• Land Use (2003), from IAU (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
• French Ministry of Culture list for Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux