Is-sur-Tille

Is-sur-Tille is a common French, located in the department of the Coast-with Or and the area Burgundy.

Geography

Located at a score of kilometer in the north of Dijon, it is crossed by the Ignon, river which divides its water in several arms at the entry of the city, before joining the Tille, affluent of the the Saone. The presence of water in the natural site of the city, determining in its development during the centuries, is today a picturesque element which confers the charm of a peaceful and tourist village to him. Is-sur-Tille east at an average altitude of 280 meters.

It is established with the limit of two natural areas:

in the West, a Calcareous plate strongly timbered, whose altitudes exceed 400 meters; in the East, a plain Argile uses wetter, soft inclined towards the South-east of the Saone, dedicated to the Agriculture.

Name of the city

Several assumptions exist for the origin of the name “Is”: of a Celtic word which wants to say water or river, of a Roman family name ( Iccius ) or of Isis the Egyptian goddess whose Romans could adapt the worship.

The city is bathed by Ignon, tributary Bast which passes five kilometers downstream, and not directly by the latter. Formerly, the area is called “country of the Basts”. “Bast” could locally mean any type of river.

History

Rich person of its history, the city has an inheritance limited by many destruction until the XVIIIe century. Among the remarkable buildings appear the church of XIIe century, the hotel Lecompasseur de Courtivron, the hotel of Lenoncourt, and a castle of the XVIIe century. More recent constructions, such as the town hall, are not without interest.

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Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Coast-in Or

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