Châteauvillain

Châteauvillain is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne. Châteauvillain is located at 20 km in the East of Chaumont, prefecture of the Haute-Marne.

Geography

Place chief of canton of the Haute-Marne in the center of the triangle formed by the towns of the Châtillon-on-Seine, Bar-sur-Aube and Chaumont, Châteauvillain counts 1733 inhabitants with the hamlet of Montribourg and the common partners of Créancey, Marmesse and Essey-the-Bridges. Its surface is of 7942 ha including 5032 ha of forests.

The canton confines thus at the departments of the Côte of Gold and of the Aube, it is out of Champagne, but in extreme cases of Burgundy, for a population of meadows of 5000 inhabitants.

History

Old village strengthened near Chaumont, Châteauvillain settled around an ancient castrum, the " Castrum Villanum" , station strengthened at the 11th century. It is mentioned the construction of a castle by Hugues III of Broyes, lord of Broyes and Châteauvillain, in 1160. A keep and an enclosure locking up the castle were thus built in 1160, around the district of Crées. Still today, the narrow lanes of Crées point out the environment of the old commercial center.

In 1286, Jehan the Blind man, comrade in arms of Saint Louis in the Croisade granted a charter to the city of which he was the lord.

In 1620, the county of Châteauvillain is bought by Nicolas of Hospital, marquis de Vitry. In 1699, Châteauvillain is bought by the count de Toulouse and is set up in Duchy-peerage in 1703. The duchy passes then to his/her son, the duke of Penthièvres and is allocated to the duke of Orleans, future king Louis Philippe after the Révolution.

The principal curiosity of Châteauvillain is in the Park with the Deer: created in 1655 by the François-Marie lord who made brick up a wall of six kilometers out of stone to be able to devote itself to his passion of hunting.

Planted splendid trees with the various gasolines, this space of more than 270 hectares counts a hundred deer which live in harmony with nature and the man.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Fortitiées in XIIe and XIVe centuries, Châteauvillain still has a score of turns (There was an about sixty). The city had a castle built in 1627 by Nicolas of Hospital, it was destroyed at the 19th century to build a road.

the Saint-Marc tower, vestige of the enclosure of the 11th centuries.

the door Madam, it belongs to the last enclosures of the city and date of the 14th century.

Church Our-Lady-in-sound-Assumption. The church at summer rebuilt of 1770 with 1784 on the initiative of the duke of Penthièvre, lord of Châteauvillain.

the Town hall of Châteauvillain dates from the Ancien Mode, it at summer built by François Nicolas lancret of 1780 with 1784.

the small museum of the city is installed in the Tower of the Audience. It makes it possible to discover, inter alia, the room of the models of the castles of the city.

Markets of the 19th century.

Laundrette of the 18th century.

Events

Living room of the Pleasures of Hunting and Nature. This demonstration attracts approximately 30.000 visitors. It presents linked activities to hunting, the fishing and the leisures of nature: the vast national forests of Arc-in-Barrois and Châteauvillain are famous for hunting for big game. This demonstration takes place each year the last weekend of August.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Haute-Marne

External bonds

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

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