Ercé-près-Liffré

Ercé close Liffré is a common French, located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and the area Brittany. Its inhabitants is called Ercéens.

Geography

In the middle of the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, the commune of Ercé-près-Liffré is located at a little more than 20 kilometers at the North-East of the town of Rennes, between the Autoroute A84 (Autoroute of the Estuaries) and the RN 175, route d' Antrain. It is a rural district which extends on 1578 hectares in the center from a forest unit composed by the national forests of Rennes (in the south), of Saint-Aubin-of-Cormier the (in the North-East) and of Liffré (in south-east). The communal territory is undulating. It is crossed of is in west by the valley of Illet.

History

The presence of the men on the territory of Ercé is attested as of the Neolithic time (as of 9000 before J-C.). Indeed, of the Mégalithes are still visible with the Low-Rock today. Layers of polished axes were indexed with the Rock of the Friends, other layers of cut Silex were it in Bignon. The Gallo-Roman time left traces to the localities the Key and Medium-Butterfly, a mound castrale left vestiges to Bordering.

The first hard copies of the communal history go back to the 11th century. The parish of Ercé appears under the name of Herciaca then of Hercei. The Paroisse concerned the jurisdiction of Bordering, seigniory consisted the Famille of Montbourcher. The traces of a first “castle on mound” dates from first half of the 13th century. The strong Château is built at the 15th century. The name of Ercé continues to evolve/move: at the beginning of the 16th century one speaks about Ereyum prope Gahardum.

After the adhesion of these powerful lords to the reformed alleged Religion (1563), Bordering becomes an important center Calviniste and a refuge for the Huguenots of the country of Rennes. This important chatellery is set up by Louis XIV in Marquisat with superiority on the parishes extending from Bouëxière with Vignoc. One saw formerly in the borough, of the markets and the prisons of the Seigneurie of Bordering. The marks of this power were destroyed during the Révolution.

Like many rural communes, until the beginning of the XXe century, in Ercé, one extracts from construction materials or fill. A slate quarry existed with the place says “the Hillocks”. It was abandoned in 1918. With the Gold Ball there was a quarry stone given up in 1948. The processing and manufacture of the agricultural productions was numerous: eight mills functioned along Illet, seven butchers exerted on the commune. Each house of the borough or almost sheltered an marketing activity or artisanal.

The 20th century is marked by a Rural migration important until in 1975. For Ercé close Liffré, it is the one time end based exclusively on additional agriculture and its activities.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Paul Sébillot, writer and Ethnologist
Yves Guyot, Politician, publicity agent and economist French

See too

Common of Ille-et-Vilaine

Files

Seigniory of Bordering - Relates to Chasné on Illet, Ercé-près-Liffré, Dourdain, Gosné, Bouëxière, Wall-on-Couesnon, Saint-Aubin-with Aubigné, 17 J 43 to 17 J 110 > Fonds of Magnane, (17 J), Archives I&V.

External bonds

the site of the commune
the site of the town of Liffré
Ercé-près-Liffré on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ercé-près-Liffré on the site of INSEE
Ercé-près-Liffré on the site of preliminary Quid
Inventory of the DRAC
Localization of Ercé-près-Liffré on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ercé-près-Liffré on Mapquest

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