Basville

Basville is a common French, located in the department of the Creuse and the area the Limousin.

Geography

Commune in the east of the department of Hollow, in the canton of Crocq, bordering on the Department of the Puy-de-Dôme. The main activities are the breeding and wood there (with a sawmill). The course of the river Delay it master key in the commune.

The common one belongs to the Regional natural park of Millevaches in the Limousin.

History

Before the Revolution, the priory of Basville belonged to the archpriest of Herment and depended on the abbey of the Benedictines of Saint-Alyre, with Clermont-Ferrand. Several names of priors are known for us: Beautiful Jean (1278), Guillaume Mazier (1399), Jean Soft (1499), Nicolas Bruxe (1525), Antoine Bompard, monk of Saint-Alyre (1790).

The commune of Saint-Alvard is attached to Basville in 1836. The commune of Villeneuve is formed on the territory of Basville in 1867.

Administration

Demography

Basville counted 39 fires in 1357, 131 in 1750.

Places and monuments

Romance Church of Saint-Alvard, given in 1249 to the chapter of Herment, which named of it the priest until in 1789. The parish of Saint-Alvard was joined together with that of Basville the December 14th 1836.
Church Notre Dame of the Visitation , dating from the 12th century, it was altered at the 15th century. One knows several of his priests: Pierre of Shitting in 1625, Jacques Labas in 1641, Gorsse in 1687, Chinchaux in 1710. In 1641, there was a community of five priests.
the dolmen of Urbe , halfway between the village of Laval , commune of Crocq, and the hamlet of Dimpoux , commune of Basville. Sometimes although the commune of Crocq regards it as belonging to its inheritance, it is in fact located on the commune of Basville. This dolmen is commonly indicated under the name of " Pierre Levée" , name " dolmen of Urbe" that one allots to him nowadays seems to have only recent origins. It is made of a granulite table of hexagonal form of 3m length on 2,40m for a thickness of 1m, which rests on 5 upright drawn up stones ovalaires, lines in circle and unequal height. A legend says that the young girls who are in search of a husband have only to climb it to be sure to find one of them.
In Saint-Alvard, a druidic stone raised, tomb of a Gallic general according to the tradition.

Hamlets of the commune

Beaume
Dimpoux
Lachaud (destroyed village, beside the pond of the same name)
Gorsse (destroyed hamlet of the parish of Saint-Alvard)
Mazerette
Mazière in Picauds
Prugne (destroyed village)
Larfeuille
Laudeux-Dressmaker
Laudeux-Piatoux
Lavaudemergue (has an unexplored underground)
Vilatte
It At ( To shit It in 1713)
Layrit
the Mill of Basville
Rondet (destroyed village)
Chaumettes
Farges
Huillards
Pompignat
Pompignaguet
Pindogne
Pompignat
Saint-Alvard

Personalities related to the commune

Joseph Cornudet of Chaumettes (1755-1834), lord of Chaumettes and Farges, deputy to the legislative Parliament (1791), member of the the Council of Old the (1797), senator (1799), count of the Empire (1808), large Officer of the Legion of honor, even of France (1814 and 1819), appointed with the room during the Hundred Days (1815).
Etienne-Emile Cornudet of Chaumettes (1795-1876), member of the Council of State (1813), sub-prefect of Issoudun (1819) then of Figeac, appointed the Hollow one (1831), par of France (1846).

See too

Common of Hollow the

External bonds

Basville on the site of the national geographical Institute
Census 2005 of Basville on the site of INSEE
Basville on the site of Quid
Localization of Basville on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Basville on Mapquest
of the church of Basville
Postcards and old plan of Basville

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