Guillerval

Guillerval is a common French, located in the department of the the Essonne and the area Île-de-France. Its inhabitants is called Guillervalois and Guillervaloises.

Geography

The commune is served by a station (halt) on the line Paris - Orleans.

History

The name of Guillerval appeared for the first time in the charter of 635 - to this date the city is given to the abbey of Saint-Denis. Later, Guillerval is set up in “high châtellenie”. But the abbey of Saint-Denis must divide its territory - great strongholds are then created. Some concern the abbey of Saint-Denis, others of the counts d' Étampes, others still of various suzerains. During the 16th century Guillerval raises of the capacity of the baillif d' Étampes. In 1962, when the Army of the Princes is locked up in Étampes, the borough undergoes the civil war and plundering. The area knows terror during 6 weeks. The plague which one calls " the contagion" declares itself. On the 300 inhabitants whom account the village, 150 are indexed died. Saint-Vincent de Paul lavishes its care with the unhappy one.

The local economy was especially dominated by the culture throughout the centuries. The arable lands were not rich in the valley and the slopes, it was the " Beauce pouilleuse" On the plate, the ground was of better quality, already the Romans cultivated it. Today, the mechanization and the new techniques of culture, Guillerval takes into account nothing any more but five farms. New activities developed on the two zones of activities. At the beginning of the 20th Guillerval century also saw being born and developing aviation in Mondésir. The aerodrome of Mondésir which was soldier has today a primarily tourist civil vocation with nevertheless 80.000 movements per annum.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church dating from the 12th century whose construction was spread out over 4 centuries - heptagonal Apse - Bell-tower of the 17th century - chorus was destroyed in 1944 by a bombardment and was rebuilt in 1952 - the stained glasses are of 1952

Personalities related to the commune

Emile-Julien Delarue, chief engineer of the Highways Departments and the Railroads the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean.
Louis Blériot - It carried out since the Hamlet of Mondésir (commune of Guillerval) the 1st flight of city to city on July 13rd, 1909.
Henri Colas (1879-1968), type-setter, bards Christian song, disciple of Marc Sangnier, he lived in Guillerval and founded " Moissonneurs" , movement of apostolate by the song.
Gerard Chamayou, known as “Felix”, engineer of the central School Paris, inventor, artist-sculptor whose works are inspired by the geometry: Islamic vaults of the airport of Baghdad (1982); the sphere-mirror of Géode of the Villette (1984); the pyramid-throne floating; the creative thought, become the emblem of the central School; the abrisphère, inspired of its research for the habitat in the Antarctic.

See too

Common of the Essonne

The Saint-Gervais laundrette, on the ground of Big games, the Crosses of ways, the aerodrome of Stamps-Mondésir, birthplace of the Patrol of Stamps which was going to become the Patrol of France, the monument Louis Blériot

External bonds

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

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