Cruseilles

Cruseilles is a common French located in the department of the Haute-Savoie and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geographical location of the commune of Cruseilles.

Of share its geographical configuration Cruseilles is at the same time village of mountain and borough of valley. At the and , junction point of the Terminals Geneva Annecy, its ways furrow the vast hills whose base is bathed by the Worn ones (450 meters) and the top crowned by the Salève Mount (: 1352 meters). Cruseilles is a borough of: 3819 inhabitants perched with 783 meters of altitude. It is located at the foot of the Salève, 15 kilometers of Annecy and 15 kilometers of Geneva.

It has an old district, “Corbet”, with old houses of which most typical, known as “De Fésigny”, has a very beautiful frontage in old stones.

Its escutcheon has a scallop with 5 stars undoubtedly referring to its geographical location with the crossroads of many roads of which some made it possible to join the main roads of the pilgrimage of Saint Jacques de Compostelle.

History of Cruseilles.

The history of the commune is very old since that the presence of the man is attested there as of prehistory since the discovery of tools in the caves of Salève.

The current territory of Cruseilles knew thereafter the various invasions which prevailed in all Alps: the Allobroges towards V, the Roman to II, the Burgondes in 443, the Goths in 534, the Frank in 536 and again Burgondes in 888. Some traces of the successive presence of these various people were found in the commune: religious sites raised by Allobroges, of the Roman coins, the tombs burgondes concealing belts and jewels, as well as place names, such as “Goths” which points out the presence of these people close to the current bridge of Ruail.

The history of the Seigniory of Cruseilles east intimate related to the history of the county of Geneva. The first franknesses from Cruseilles are signed on May 7th, 1282 by GUI, bishop of Langres, Seigneur of Cruseilles, by Robert, bishop of Geneva, and by Amédée, Count de Savoie. They have for principle “any man which comes, which is or which remains in the town of Cruseilles and which made a free residence there, is frank. Consequently, it can give and sell with which good seems to him all that it acquired and will be able to acquire”.

In 1801, Cruseilles is attached to the canton of Julien Saint. By the treaty of Turin signed on March 24th, 1860, Savoy is yielded to France. The population is called with the ballot boxes, Cruseilliens vote by plebiscite their “fastening” in France (465 registered voters, voters 455,1 bulletin not and 454 bulletins yes). December 20th, 1860 the canton of Cruseilles is formed.

Origin of the name of Cruseilles

There exist two versions explaining the origin of the name of the commune.

First version : the name would come from Cursillius, name of a noble family of the Middle Ages which would have belonged to the Savoyard primitive nobility or which would have acquired its nobility by acquisition of fields considered noble. In the first times of the feudal mode, the lords had, like the commun run of the people, only of the individual names to which they added the name of their residence or their stronghold. Thus we find in 1113, Guillaume de Cruseilles.

Second version : Cruseilles would come from Crusillia, i.e. croisille, crossed, small cross, and this name would have been employed to indicate the crossroads which occurred in this country. The opinion of this version seems confirmed by the armorial bearings of the city.

For a long time, almost until the French revolution, one wrote Crusillie. This explanation however does not seem to answer the patois. It is true that at the time, of the transpositions of consonants were carried out regularly. Our rural population had early to pronounce Courzelles instead of harder and less elegant Crouzelles.

Nowadays, the population has the choice between Cruseilles and Corzlie in patois.

Its name also appears on charts of the 15th century.

Cruseilles has a park of leisure, “Dronières” with park with hinds, various sporting courses, an artificial lake and a superb nautical center with several basins.

Celebrities

Louis Armand, French engineer born in Cruseilles on January 17th, 1905.
Andre Dussollier, French actor, born in Annecy, it passes its childhood to Cruseilles.

External bond

Site of the town hall of Cruseilles

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