Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish

Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish (into Breton: Noal-Kastellan ) is a common French, located in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine and the area Brittany.

Geography

Centered on two weak headlands overhanging the Cuttlefish at full midday of Rennes, this commune is bordered:

in north by Rennes
in the east by Chantepie and Vern-on-Cuttlefish
in the south by Saint-Erblon and Pont-Pean
and in the west by Chartres-of-Brittany and Saint-Jacques-of-the-Moor.

In addition to the Cuttlefish which is the principal river, the brooks Orson and Ise respectively drain the north and the south of the commune which is with the site of the old forest of Heap.

History

Etymology

Noyal seems to come from Latin noda meaning marsh; the named places Châtillon generally draw their origin from a fortification of the Roman epoch or that of the Middle Ages ( castellum ): it is probable that an old fortress crowned the mound on which is built the Saint-Léonard church.

Celts with the Breton ones

Celts, the Gallic ones, Romans

Before the Roman period, lived in the basin of the Cuttlefish, the Celtes. The territory of the commune is rather rich in Menhir S and Dolmen S. Of the objects of the Bronze Age even was found in the ground the such bulls visible with the museum of Brittany (which seem to go back to this time).

After the Celts the Gallic ones came (800 before J. - C.). The Gallic tribe which populated this territory is that of the Carnutes whose Chartres-of-Brittany was the chief town.

Then the Romans invaded the Gaulle towards 50 before J. - C. localities such as the city-red are the testimony of the Roman presence on the commune. In Latin villa means country house, red undoubtedly qualifies the ground of the area which was used in the craft industry of the pottery since highest antiquity. The city-red was at the Guyomerais. In 1983 the commune of Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish projects the construction of one allotment in Guyomerais, of the surveys are carried out allowing to determine the existence of a site of a great density of structures. Three years of excavations from April 1st, 1984 will follow to November 1st, 1987 on a building site of 4 hectares. These excavations made it possible to recall the evolution over four centuries, of a Gallo-Roman rural field: modest farm of the beginning of our era with the country palate of the 3rd century.

The feudal period

The lords of this time had the more or less total right to return justice on their grounds. For the death sentences, forks patibulaires were drawn up. The lords of Launched, Brécé and of Launay-Bruslon had the right to condemn to hanging. In Brécé, drew up forks patibulaires with three pillars. For sorrows of less importances, the abbey of Saint-Melaine had a right of stock and collar (post which was used to attach the culprits) in the borough of Châtillon.

Finally at the 19th century

The principal changes for our communes for this period were operated on the roadway system, which was then in fort bad condition. Some roads were created: 1852 of Noah d' Etole with Thorigné in Rennes, 1854 Pont du fish pond on Isle in Saint-Erblon; 1868 route de Bézalais.

The Telegraph of Cap in Noyal: The national service of the telegraphs, on ordinance of Louis-Philippe, created in 1832 a line according to the Chappe system, of Avranches to Nantes. The choice of the arrow of the old bell-tower of Noyal took place the same year. Its station of guet communicated to north with the church Saint-Saver of Rennes and to the south with a built tower with Bout of Moor in Orgères. In 1832 the project was disputed: the bell-tower going back to 1701 was in so bad condition which one did not dare even any more to sound the bell. In 1835 one decided to build a news tower, it was completed in 1841 but the telegraph never came there.

Nowadays

The commune of Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish was created in 1993, by fusion of the old communes of Noyal-on-Cuttlefish and Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish.

History of the two parishes

Noyal-on-cuttlefish

The existence of Noyal-on-Cuttlefish seems to go back to the 11th century because a lord named Geoffroy, wire of Solomon, built about 1050 a castle in a place named Nulliacus and which appears to be Noyal-on-Cuttlefish. This castle which is perhaps that of Brécé, was built only with the authorization of the abbess of Saint-Georges whose abbey had grounds on the commune and had a right of Tonlieu, i.e. to take a tax on the transport of the goods by boat.

In 1697 the protective lord of the parish was lord Charles Marie Meneust, lord de Bréquigny.

At the 15th century was on the northern side of the chorus of the church, the tomb stone of the sieurs of Brécé, that of the lords of Launched saw itself on the northern side of the nave and that of those of the Fire-dog, with respect to the Master furnace bridge. In 1667 was buried Marguerite Gouicquet, girl of Jean Gouicquet lord of Launched.

The cemetery of Noyal was located around the church. In 1878 the municipality worries about the exiguity of its cemetery because of construction of the side chapels of the church. Ten years later nothing changed, a project in progress since 1871 was on several occasions modified then abandoned. In 1889 the commune receives from the family of Vaujuas the gift of a providential ground which allowed the enlarging of the cemetery towards north few expenses. The first burials on the new ground probably did not take place before 1892, that is to say more than 14 years after the launching of the project!

Châtillon-on-cuttlefish

The church of Châtillon depended on the abbey of Saint-Melaine, the monks were cleaned by it primitive. In 1158 Jose, bishop of Turns, confirms the donation of the church of Châtillon to the Benedictines of Saint-Melaine. The parish having obtained a certain prosperity, the monks obtained into 1332 of Jean III, duke of Brittany an annual fair with Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish on September 14th. This date corresponds to that of a pilgrimage with Saint-Léonard who seems to have replaced an old pilgrimage with a relic of the True Cross.

In 1803, the parish was removed and its territory was plain with that of Noyal-on-Cuttlefish. But in 1814 the bishop of Rennes named with Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish a priest to which it gave the capacities of vice-chancellor and in 1820 a royal decree set up Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish in branch and became again independent of Noyal.

Châtillon-on-cuttlefish was re-elected for these cherries which there “are exquisite and mature earlier than elsewhere” (A. Orain).

Administration

|- | align=center | March 2001 || || Gilles of Beautiful-Air ||align=" center" | Various right-hand side || |- | align=center| March 1995 || March 2001 || Franck Trouilloud ||align=" center" | Various right-hand side || |- | align=center| January 1993 || March 1995 || Jean-Jacques Heuzé || align=" center" | Various right-hand side || |- | colspan=" 4" align=" center" | the common one started to exist on January 1st, 1993. |}

Demography

Places and monuments

Twinnings

Longford (Ireland)

Personalities related to the commune

Stephan Heulot champion of France of cycling on road 1996.

See too

Common of Ille-et-Vilaine
the river of the commune: the Cuttlefish

External bonds

Site of the commune
Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish on the site of the national geographical Institute
Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish on the site of INSEE
Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish on the site of Quid
Localization of Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Noyal-Châtillon-on-Cuttlefish on Mapquest

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