Breuilpont

Breuilpont is a common French, located in the department of the the Eure and the area High-Normandy.

Geography

History

Breuilpont in the rear view mirror

The Latin roots of Breuilpont are undeniable as the name of the village attests some: Breuil, of Latin “brogilus” - planted field, or coppice, and Bridge, because of the passage of the river of the Eure. One finds successively: Brolium Pontis, then, in 1336: Breuil of the Bridge; then still, in 1479: Breul of the Bridge and Brutepont (or Brudepont) in 1557. The names of the two hamlets are less obvious: Saint-Chéron (apostle of Gaules at the 5th century) would be derived from “Charon” (Caraunus for the Latin form); in 1793 one discovers Saint-Chéron-of-Fountains, and, in 1828, the village is named Saint-Chéron-of-Wood. As for Lorey, several origins are possible: “Lorra”, near to Latin “Ora” (edge), or: Lorei, Lorrei, then Lorré, Lorray and Lauray or Laurey (of the bay-trees or Laurius, the equivalent of Latin Laurent) and finally Loré. In 1828: The Lorei-on-Eure. The most probable explanation lies in the proximity of the forests of Mérey and Epieds, from where: orée (of wood).

Some dates which made the history of the village

At the beginning, there were undoubtedly the Gallic ones, perhaps Romans and, certainly, of Mérovingiens who occupied the site of Breuilpont. But more close to the river, towards Lorey, as attests of it, in the basement, the presence of weapons, jewels, human bones, or animals, coming from some feasts, jewels and usual, metal objects or out of ceramics, discovered at the time of the exploitation, in first half of the 20th century, several ballast-pits in bottom of valley. The vestiges of a cemetery mérovingien, a mill and an oratory were also discovered there. But the traces of dwellings (out of wood) had disappeared.

1375: in full one hundred year old war, the barons d' Ivry make strengthen the castle of Breuilpont which was located a little more at the south of the current one, to the place says the four Hillocks.

It is with the Middle Ages that Breuilpont, which belonged to the marquisat of Bréval, attached with the Ile de France, passed to the baronnie of Ivry, then with the family of Marcilly. Catherine de Marcilly (girl of Guillemette d' Ivry and Foulques de Marcilly) wife Ambroise de Loré (Lorey), lord of Breuilpont, companion of Jeanne-D' Arc and Gilles de Rais (better known under the “pseudo one” of Blue Beard), aide-de-camp of Charles VII. Ambroise de Loré was named provost of Paris on February 23rd, 1437. After her death, in 1449, his/her daughter, Charlotte, wife Robert d' Estouteville and the châtellenie of Breuilpont enter one of the more big families of Normandy.

1511: construction of the current church of Breuilpont placed under the term of Saint Martin's day.

August 6th, 1547: Louis of Luxembourg, back-back small son of Ambroise de Loré, yields the châtellenie of Breuilpont to Diane of Poitiers, duchess of Valentinois, rams of Ivry and other places and… lady of heart of the king Henri II. Forced with its gilded exile of Anet per Catherine de Médicis, it will remain lady of the manor of Breuilpont until her death, consecutive with a bad fall of horse, in 1566.

1739: Louis-Antoine Doublet, lord of the manor of Breuilpont, make build the current castle which dominates the church and the village; the Orangery of the castle, in edge of the road of Villiers-in-Désoeuvre, became the town hall today.

1752: creation of the Brotherhood of Charity of Breuilpont which made it possible to the poorest “deceased persons” to be buried with dignity. Fault of let us charitons, it disappears in 1889.

1788: Madam of Pouplinière yields the châtellenie of Breuilpont to the marquis de Leveville; it was the last lord of Breuilpont under the old mode.

December 22nd, 1789, by decree, National Assembly removes General information (and seigniories) which delimited “provinces”, and France divides into departments.

July 12th, 1790: contours of the French departments are definitively fixed; Breuilpont becomes common department of the Eure and fact part of the district of Evreux.

1792: Claude Vallengelier is the first to be signed as a mayor of Breuilpont, his counterpart, in Lorey is Pierre Hochon; in Saint-Chéron, it could be a question of Jean Normand.

November 24th, 1799: a bloody battle proceeds in Breuilpont where she opposes the partisans of the second chouannery Norman, taken along by Hilarion de Saint-Maur, with a detachment of national guards and gendarmes ordered by the former mayor of Pacy-sur-Eure, Antoine Depresle, who is killed during the engagements.

1813: the Saint-Lubin church of Lorey is sold to the owner of the “castle” and becomes private vault.

1824: the castle of Breuilpont is sold to Caroline Jeanne Julienne Dargy, countess of Talleyrand-Périgord. To died from the lame devil, her husband, the castle passes, by way of succession, with the duchess of Beaufort, then with prince Jan de Lobkowicz.

May 8th, 1845: this day, with the palate of Neuilly, king Louis-Philippe Ier and Charles Duchâtel, his Minister of Interior Department, sign the ordinance of fastening of the communes of Saint-Chéron and Lorey to the commune of Breuilpont. By this “fusion” (before the hour), “the joined together communes will continue, if it is necessary, to enjoy separately, like section of commune, of the rights of use and others which could belong to them, without being able to exempt itself to contribute to the municipal loads. ” And on May 23rd, 1845, Firmin Vallengelier, last mayor, the ultimate emanating administrative act of the commune of Lorey signs.

May 2nd, 1865: a subscription-petition of the inhabitants of Breuilpont-Lorey-Saint-Chéron, to which bring their mite of many inhabitants of the canton, authorizes the construction of a wood footbridge making it possible to connect Lorey to Mérey (Mills), thus making the road shorter to rejoin Breuilpont, and avoiding using the vat, definitely too dangerous.

May 24th, 1871: a detachment of 16 firemen, under the command of the Foynard captain, leaves Breuilpont to lend strong hand to the Parisian firemen who fight against the violent ones fires started in the capital by the Communards.

1876: construction of the current vault of Saint-Chéron to the site of the old church demolished about 1813.

1954: Sacha Guitry chooses the footbridge of Lorey to turn there the famous scene of the crossing of the Bridge of Arcole by the troops of the emperor Napoleon i.

Festivals of the village

At the beginning of the century, the villages of Breuilpont, Lorey and Saint-Chéron, celebrated each one a different festival: August 10th with Lorey (in the St. Lawrence), Pentecost in Saint-Chéron and the beginning of the summer with Breuilpont (in the Saint Martin's day). Only the latter was preserved the first weekend of July.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Eure

External bonds

Breuilpont on the site of the national geographical Institute
Breuilpont on the site of INSEE
Breuilpont on the site of Quid
Localization of Breuilpont on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Breuilpont on Mapquest

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