Aufferville

Aufferville is a common French, located in the department of Seine-et-Marne and the area Île-de-France. Its inhabitants is called Auffervillois.

Located at the south-western end of the department, in the District of Fontainebleau and the Canton of Castle-Landon, that is to say near the historical center of the Gâtinais, Aufferville is a small village of 450 inhabitants.

History

Origin

The owner of Aufferville is holy Martin. In the 1300 (L seems that in annals that would go back to 1162) name of the village is written Oferville . This Latin turning proves the seniority of its origin about the same time. Guy Morelli was to be the lord, since he states to make abandonment with the archbishop of Direction of small said that he had in Aufferville. This ground and seigniory belonged to the famous Gauthier de Nemours, Marshal of France, when it was sold about the middle of the 13th century at the house of the Temple of Beauvais in Gâtinais. Gauthier de Nemours, and Alice, his wife, had yielded all that belonged to them in the parish of Aufferville and which constituted the ground of Fargeville, several strongholds and sub-fiefs. These strongholds were known under the names of Small-Fregeville or the Châtenoy, the Point, Rigaut-Larcher, the Cow, the Small-Bush close to Guercheville. It is still necessary to add to the number of these strongholds that of Lormoy, in other words House-Red.

In XVe century

The hamlet of Jarville is attached to Aufferville

Invasions

1814 the cossacks 10.000 arrived on the commune. The houses all were filled by it. The camp was behind the houses and the guns directed along the road of Nemours with Beaumont. The inhabitants were to carry the vivres to them. He is necessary to add to it other nations Prussian and Bavarian.

1815 the cossacks returned. A drunk latecomer remained only took pleasure to beat the lighter to put fire at the thatched roofings. An inhabitant of the country, Etienne Jamet approached Russian taken to him his saber and the head split to him.

1870 the Prussians remained 5 to 6 months in the country. The requisitions of corn, oats, fodder, cows, horses rose with 21 867,40 francs. The commune in was imposed of a contribution of war of 20.000 francs.

A Prussian soldier had believed to hear that one had drawn on him. In fact the noise had been produced by the fall of a pane fallen on a paving stone. The house from where the noise left was burnt.

1864 Construction of the new cemetery

1892 Construction of the Town hall School

the XXe century

In 1901 the commune is primarily with agricultural vocation, cultures but also breeding. The craftsmen turn around agriculture: cartwright, marshal-shoeing. One announces all the same grocers, bakers, tobacco shop…. all in the borough even Busseaux will have during a few years its own grocer-coffee.

What resembles the village and the hamlets: The church of course, present since more than 600 years at that time, the town hall - school is built since 1892 and the “new cemetery” was created in 1864. The streets are coarsely paved, the communal ways which lead to the hamlets are gradually empierrés. Water comes from public wells located in each grouping of dwellings. These groups are Aufferville the borough, Busseau, Morville, House-Red and Jarville which is in the commune since the end of the Middle Ages. Only would have disappeared the hamlet from Grigny located between House-Red and the current house known as of Grigny.

The rare owners of engine cars seem still the soft one enlightened, to see dangerous beings with their funny of noisy and nauseous machines as qualified them at that time many people. However beyond the only automobile industry the landscape and the daily life will be marked by changes increasingly faster and more important. Thus the telegraph connects Aufferville to Nemours as from 1901.

In 1905 one studies the possibility “of raising water” for the current distribution. Work will take place of 1907 to 1909 with the choice of only one high well (water tower) for the whole of the commune, with development of drains towards the hamlets (the solution of wells raised by sites was considered to be more expensive).

At that time one starts to draw up official agricultural statistics one learns thus that for a population from 610 inhabitants one counts in 1908: 500 cows, 150 horses and 3000 sheep.

The separation of the Church and the State in 1905 allots the church and the presbytery to the commune. From now on the priest of the parish must rent this last to place there.

The arrival of the first telephone takes place in 1912 with two agents paid by the commune but under order of the Stations and Télégraphes. The invaluable apparatus is in a communal room.

In 1913 the railway development is always of topicality in particular between the small towns. Thus Aufferville asks for the installation of a station (to be located at exit of the borough in direction of Busseau), on the future line Castle-Landon-Beaumont. In fact the project will not survive the First World War. On the other hand the switchboard is seen supplemented of a post office.

1914. During the war the village will accommodate two Belgian families. It is all that one can raise of private individual in the deliberations of the Council during this time with the establishment of an agricultural committee of action to manage the food restrictions.

It is in 1920 qu' is decided the construction of a monument dedicated to died of the Great War as one will name it until 1939. The common one lost in this test 35 young inhabitants.

In 1922 the commune adheres to the trade union of electrification south-west Seine-and-marnais. The inauguration of the public network and private will take place in 1925. Meanwhile in 1923 the Soup sugar refinery Ets Ouvré asks for the authorization of carry out a narrow railway going from Chevrainvilliers to Souppes to convey beets of the rapery to the sugar refinery. It will disappear in the middle of the Fifties. Today one can still see the rocker close to the village hall. 1929 see the arrival of the coach with the creation of the Nemours-Beaumont-Puiseaux line. From 1930 to 1935, although progress is important around, it is the calm one in Aufferville because within the Municipal council it is the dissension which dominates all the mandate. However one can notice that the windows of the stores are done more accessible with larger openings, the tar spreads on all the roads and even in the schoolyard. In February 1939, it is asked to appoint a mayor of substitution in the event of declaration of war if the holder would be mobilized.

After the Second world war

The period of the Second world war does not bring obviously anything good to Aufferville as for the remainder of the country. It is observed in any case that the administrative operation of the commune continues some are the leaders of the State. The deliberations of the Council relate primarily to the maintenance of a minimal life. The post-war period starts hard, with the continuation of the restrictions. On the other hand the American Marshall plan for the rebuilding of Europe makes it possible to see arriving the first tractors.

Restarting in the Fifties : first regrouping, agriculture is organized, development of the co-operatives. Technological advance is democratized: in 1952 the commune provides to the school its first projector with films as well as a radio and record players. The cars start to furrow the countryside. The trucks and the coaches start to compete with the train, initially on the small lines. Construction of a shelter of because in 1955, first tracing of an yellow line (the color at the time) on the crossing of the Nemours-Beaumont road which was still called the RN375.

Unfortunately the commune also will deplore a victim at the beginning of the war of Algeria (1956). It will be necessary to await the end of the century so that the FNACA raises a monument dedicated to this war which did not want to say its name which will finish “officially” only on March 19th, 1962.

The life continues the toilets enter the residences, installation of the central heating in the town hall and the school. The installation of the private telephone is facilitated (in particular in the hamlets). Creation of a school canteen.

In the Sixties, very accelerates: Numbering and name of the streets. In 1963 project of the highway A6 Announces: the Municipal council makes share with the authorities of his opposition to the principle of toll. Adhesion with the trade union of collecting of the household refuse (1964), then with the trade union of school transport (1967). Entry of the refrigerator to the canteen, first apparatus of sterilization of public drinking water, installation of the sports ground (future place of the versatile room.

In 1970, adhesion with the trade union of construction of the colleges. Purchase of the first photocopier.

In 1972 one notes that the water pressure is not sufficient any more, one launches the project for the construction of a new water tower. This one will take the place of old in 1974. One also at that time entrusts the management of water to the Smoked one. In 1973 the disengagement of the State starts to be noticed: the RN375 becomes D403: Montereau-Beaumont. Creation of the RPI to maintain the schools. Symbolic system suppression of separation enters the schoolyard of the girls and that of the boys.

In 1979, great snowstorm: the radiators of the town hall will freeze by the cut of the boiler (more electricity). The army intervenes in reinforcement to release the roads.

1986: purchase of the room for the communal material and the firemen.

1989: first English course at the elementary school financed by the commune. Contract of sweeping mechanized of the streets.

1991 inauguration of the Versatile room, extension of the canteen then within the framework of a rural contract: construction of a new class with nursery, prefabricated is demolished in 1994 to leave the place to the new town hall.

The school field is in full change: the RPI (Aufferville-Bougligny-Châtenoy-Maisoncelles) increases with the integration of the Madeleine in 1993 and Chevrainvilliers in 1996. New challenge in term of reception, equipment and transport. The agricultural domain changes too. New regrouping in 1995, the number of owners falls. The trade also strongly changed since 1945, it did not cease decreasing with the development of work out of the commune and the competition of the supermarkets in the medium-sized cities. Bakery closes in 1998 follow-up of near by butchery. First problems with nitrate in drinking water. First preoccupations with a vandalism, which require the subscription of an insurance (which does not refund all). the storm of February 3rd, 90 had made many damage but the worst was to be come. With a margin of one year, the XXe century will finish the December 26th, 1999 on the strongest storm never known “Lothar” (the winds were here of " seulement" of 130 km/h) which will cause many damage, will plunge the inhabitants of Jarville and Busseaux in the black during 7 days and will make the wood of Busseaux inaccessible a long moment. But that anything is not compared with the 13 victims in Seine-et-Marne.

the near future : For the refusal for economic motive of the installation of natural gas in the sector of Aufferville, it is necessary to consider the setting to the standards (public or private) of the cleansing for the horizon 2005; it is a great project more constraining than satisfactory but nevertheless impossible to circumvent. Around us the intercommunality must develop a zone of activity near the highway A77 to preserve employment.

It is seen this end of 20th century shows the possibility for the first concerns of XXIe. The role of common changed. It does not act any more as isolation as in 1901, the size of the projects increasingly many and more expensive the growth to be joined through various groups (intercommunity associations). But it remains finally the administrative entity nearest and most constant, even in the black years, to frame the life of proximity.

Localities and variations

Grigny, as well as the following hamlets:

Busseau (alias Busseaux)

The chart of Cassini and the panels note Busseau' X' . The question always makes debate. Formerly there was Busseau (X) low and Busseau (X) high.

Jarville

According to the tradition, Jarville depended on the parish of Obsonville, but during an epidemic the priest of this last locality, not wanting to carry the last helps of the religion to the inhabitants of Jarville, that of Aufferville devoted himself for the circumstance. In recognition, the inhabitants of Jarville wanted that their village belonged to the parish of Aufferville.

Red house

What one called the stronghold of Lormoy, in other words House-Red was under the dependence of Commanderie of the Temple of Beauvais-in-Gâtinais (common of Grez-on-Loing) at the time of the sale of the seigniory of Fargeville to the knights of the Temple by Gauthier de Nemours. The hamlet of disappeared Grigny was located between House-Red and the current house known as of Grigny.

Morville

The hamlet was bought by the Hospital ones of Midsummer's Day of Jerusalem in 1258. Later, the canons of the cathedral of Direction took again this ground until the Revolution. Jean de Rogres, baillif de Nemours, buy in 1571 in Guillaume de Boulay the seigniory of Morville which will remain in the family until the Revolution.

Communes bordering

Administration

Demography

Religious heritage

The church Saint-Martin' date of XIIe century. It is characteristic of the churches of Gâtinais.

On the photograph of the interior of the church, one can discover the nave, a narrower chorus and the semicircular apse (which inspired the architect of the versatile room). The southern side was altered in XVe century, added with primitive construction after the fastening of Jarville with Aufferville.

The gate is of XIIIe century, the stone baptismal font is of 1653, and the retable of furnace bridge of the XVIIIe century. Like the majority of the small churches of countryside, it is today open only to certain occasions, because of the intermittent presence of a priest from now on in load many old parishes (whereas each village still had a priest with residence in first half of the XXe century.

The separation of the Church and the State in 1905 transferred to the commune the property from the church and the presbytery. It is registered with the historic buildings by decree of the March 18th 1926.

Economy

Agriculture

Famous characters

Historical heritage

  • the Croix of Iron place of the church with Aufferville (3,5 m in height, XIIIe-XIVe centuries)
  • the Baromètre (fine of the XIXe century) Town hall
  • the wall of sandstone street Grande in Aufferville (XIXe century)
  • Vestige of the carries charretière to the hamlet of Morville (XVIIIe century)
  • the cross of way renovated to the hamlet of Red House

Events

  • Vacuum-attic and artisanal Exposure on May 8th

Art with Aufferville

Two fabrics of the painter Champion and one of the visible Davoigneau painter in the Town hall. Ci against the plain of Aufferville by another artist

Files

  • municipal Deliberations since:
  • genealogical Examinations:
    • Marriages 1670-year XII (by members of Genealogical Gâtinais )

References

  • Deliberations of the municipal council
  • Auffervillois

External bonds

  • Page of the site “Bell-towers of France” devoted to Aufferville
  • Personal site devoted to Aufferville
  • Page of the site “Trekearth” devoted to the church ST Martin
  • Page of the union of the mayors of Seine-et-Marne devoted to Aufferville

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