The Musée de la Coutellerie in Nogent presents 700 items from Nogent’s knife-making heritage, which are displayed alternately in the showcases. Since 2 August 2002, the museum has held the designation “Musée de France” and presents the seven major areas of knife-making.
Anyone considering Nogent as a holiday destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.
Culture
Another cultural venue is the Micro-Folie in Nogent. It provides access to more than 3,200 digitised works from a network of 205 national, regional and international cultural institutions.
Since 2001, the Association Bernard Dimey has organised a festival every year in May.
Nature and Trails
Côte Gueudin is a shady nature park on a slope south of the town of Nogent.
The Abigand hiking trail is 8 km long.
It starts at the trailhead sign to the left of the car park for the fitness trail in Nogent.
History
The Circuit Découverte through the town centre leads through Nogent’s natural, architectural and metallurgical heritage, preserved over the centuries.
The Église de Nogent-le-Bas has been protected as a historic monument by decree dated 13 February 1928. The Saint-Jean Church was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in 1863.
At the Château-Tour d'Angle, the surviving corner tower was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century. Today, only the ruins of the former fortifications remain at the site.
