Mount-Saint-Sulpice

Mount-Saint-Sulpice is a common French, located in the department of the Yonne and the area Burgundy.

Its inhabitants is called the Mons.

Geography

The village is located on a hill between the valley of the Serein and the valley of the Armançon between the villages of Brienon and Hauterives.

History

Attached to the Abbey of Saint-Germain of Auxerre as of the IXe century. The barons de Seignelay had important rights to XIIe there. XVIe century with 1715, it is the house of Prints, whose most known representative is Jacques d' Estampes, marshal of Ferté-Imbault, servant of Louis XIII and Richelieu. The village then passed to the hands Montmorency.

It owes its name with its situation on the top of a hill (mount) and in Saint Sulpice, the bishop of Bourges which would have stopped there in 615 while going to the council Rheims.

On the commune, one can see vestiges of the Voie of Clutched. Sarcophage S Mérovingiens there were discovered and are visible with the museum of Auxerre.

The Fountain of Gifted (and its laundrette) are source of superstitions.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Twinnings

the commune is twinned with the village Suisse of Baulmes.

See too

Common of Yonne

External bonds

Mount-Saint-Sulpice on the site of the national geographical Institute
Mount-Saint-Sulpice on the site of INSEE
Mount-Saint-Sulpice on the site of Quid
Localization of Mount-Saint-Sulpice on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Mount-Saint-Sulpice on Mapquest
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