MONTEREAU  , a

town of northern France, in the department of Seine-et-Marne at the confluence of the Yonne with the Seine, 21 M . S.E. of Melun by rail . Pop . (1906), 7870 . The church dates from the 13th century, with a facade of the Renaissance period . The industries include the manufacture of porcelain, fire-proof and decorative bricks, boots and shoes and agricultural machines and colours, varnish, &c . Among the institutions are a tribunal of commerce and a chamber of arts and manufactures . Montereau was in the beginning of the 15th century a place of some importance . Here, on the bridge over the Yonne, Jean Sans-Peur, duke of Burgundy was assassinated in the presence of the Dauphin, afterwards Charles VII., in 1419 . In 1438 the town was captured by Charles VII., and during the wars of religion it was several times taken and retaken . In 1814 Napoleon gained a victory at Montereau over the Wurttemberg troops under .Schwarzenberg, and in memory of this his statue has been erected on the bridge .