Cuy (Yonne)

Cuy is a common French, located in the department of the Yonne and the area Burgundy. Its inhabitants is called the Cuistrats and the Cuistrates .

Geography

History

Cité in 833: " Cersiacus".

Given by Clotaire II to the monastery which it had just founded close to Sens (Yonne) in the honor from holy Colombe. The castle of Noslon was the residence seigneuriale archbishops.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Saint Martin's day church: rustic building, nave without character, chorus arched out of wood, carved apparent ties, apse in half dome decorated with a carved cornice; rule of Martin saint to horse 17th.

Personalities related to the commune

Lucien Pothier, former French racing cyclist, born in Cuy on January 15th, 1883.

See too

Common of Yonne

External bonds

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

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