Bruffière

Bruffière is a common French, located in the department of the the Vendée and the area Pays of the Loire.

These inhabitants is called bruffièriens and bruffièriennes .

Geography

The commune of Bruffière is located at the crossing of the departments of the the Vendée (85), of the Maine-et-Loire (49) and of the Loire-Atlantique (44). It is with the locality " Three Provinces" , to 3 km of the borough, that the old provinces of the Brittany, the Anjou and the Poitou meet.

Bruffière is located at 40 km of Nantes, 25 km of Cholet and 50 km of the Roche-sur-Yon. The commune extends on 4044 ha from Bocage in North East from the Vendée. It is bordered by the Nantes Sèvre, river that throws itself in the the Loire in Nantes.

History

During the top Moyen-âge of ceaseless quarrels Bretons, Francs and Visigoths oppose. They lead in 983 to the creation of zones " plug " : Steps Brittany-Poitou. Between Brittany and Poitou, the common high steps consist of Cugand, Boussay, Gétigné and Bruffière their capital until the revolution of 1789.

Under the name of " Brefer " the first mention of the borough in a charter in 1287 appears. It is articulated then around the residence always present of the " of Coucy " whose frontage is registered with the inventory of the historic buildings. On the Linteau of one of these doors the blazon of the old Common Steps is engraved. A lord of Bruffière de Coucy accompanies Gilles de Rais in the epopee by the " Maid of Orleans ".

Saint-Symphorien (to 4 km in the south of the borough) formerly important fair and place of pilgrimage, sees developing a priory managed by the monks about Saint Augustin de Geneston, an old people's home for the poor is annexed there. Only the gate of entry reached us after the Guerres of the Vendée, the hamlet is devastated by the troops of Kléber during the battle of the 5 October 6th 1793.

The revolution and its infernal Colonnes bleed the commune cruelly (: 3000 inhabitants before the events, 726 only in 1826). The inhabitants join the Vendean army of the Center under the orders of Sapinaud and Royand. In January 1796, the general Charrette is brought in a trap to the home " barn " (remains 16th century) from the north of the borough, he escapes after heavy human losses.

Bruffière is again tested in its lifeblood by the two world wars 133 died in 1914 - 1918 and 11 died in 1939 - 1945.

Poet, philosopher and resistant, the Duret canon born with Bruffière succumbs to cruelty Nazi.

Since 1945, the performances of local agriculture, the dynamism of the craft industry and industry with in particular the group Defontaine (world leader of the automobile crown) and the richness of community life make of Bruffière a dynamic city.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The water tower

With the crossroads of the four roads, draws up one of the highest water towers of the world. Envisaged to feed 72 communes, it amounts to 62 Mr. His tank is of 6000 m3 and the diameter of its tower is of 19.50 Mr. construction finishes in 1960 but is endeuillée by the deadly fall of five workmen in December 1959. At that time, the water tower of Bruffière is most of France and the second of Europe.

The church

The current church was built in 27 months and finishes in April 1891. It belongs to the Romance style but the interior of the building would lean more towards the novel-bysantin by the choice of materials and their fitting. The vaults of the chorus are particularly remarkable.

The castle of Echasserie

The first known lord of Echasserie, Guillaume Wild, yields this field to the templiers at the beginning of the 13th century. The latter very quickly resell it in Charbonneau which will occupy it during fifteen dynasties until in 1738. This castle became soon the residence of Charles Serventeau, first mayor of Bruffière which was assassinated in obscure circumstances (probably by the young peasants of the commune exasperated by the revolutionist that it was) in March 1793. Louis François Richard of the Alder buys Echasserie and the dependences in 1806. Its young person sons, Francois, receives the cap of cardinal of Paris in 1889 by the pope Leon XIII. He completes the construction of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre. By successive heritage, only by the women, the castle becomes the property of Jeanne Of Rosel of St-Germain, current owner. Echasserie is registered with the Additional Inventory of the Historic buildings since 1971.

The home of the Barn

In February 1796, Charrette supported one of its last combat there. Whereas it rested there with its troops, it missed little being captured there. Protected by its rear-guard (which will be destroyed in the shooting), he managed to escape by an hidden door.

Personalities related to the commune

Vincent Ansquer (1925-1987), mayor of Bruffière, general adviser, deputy, president of the District council, member of the European Parliament, founder of the national Price of art of living, Minister Commercial and craft industry of 1974 with 1976 under the government Chirac then Minister for the Quality of the Life of 1976 with 1977 under the government Bar.
the Cardinal François-Marie-Benjamin Richard (1819-1908), archbishop of Paris as from 1886. It completes the construction of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre and devotes it. It receives the cap of cardinal of the hands of the pope Leon XIII in 1889.
the canon Georges Duret (1887-1947), martyr of resistance, writer, poet, philosopher, critic art and man of the church.

Blazon

Of azure to the three gold mâcles accompanied by three flowers of Lily of the same evil ordered.

Common neighbors

See too

Common of the Vendée

External bonds

the site of the town hall of Bruffière
Bruffière Breton?
Bruffière on the site of the national geographical Institute
Bruffière on the site of INSEE
Bruffière on the site of Quid
Localization of Bruffière on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane of Bruffière on Mapquest
the Battery-Brass band and its group on music of street " Bandan' as"
School of Bruffière

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