Pouilly-in-Auxois

Pouilly-in-Auxois is a common French, located in the department of the Coast-with Or and the area Burgundy.

Geography

History

The agglomeration of Pouilly, located at the origin on the height, was rebuilt little by little in the valley as from the 16th century, when walls and castles built by the Dukes of Burgundy had lost all their military effectiveness.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the Vault of the channel of Burgundy , tunnel of 3333 Mr.
  • the Notre-Dame vault Found :

On the hillock Saint Pierre, the Notre-Dame church Found, built at the XIII and 14th century remained, nevertheless until the middle of the 19th century the center of the spiritual life of the parish. It was then relegated to the role of vault of cemetery when one built a new sanctuary in the middle of the village in 1868. The qualifier of " trouvée" would be due to the legendary discovery of an intact statue of the Virgin in ashes of a construction devastated by the Norman ones. In fact, the vault shelters a black virgin who would date from the 12th century. This virgin was stolen in 1980.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Jean-Claude PATRIARCH.

See too

  • Common of Coast-in Or
  • Vault of the channel of Burgundy

External bonds

  • Pouilly-in-Auxois on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Pouilly-in-Auxois on the site of INSEE
  • Pouilly-in-Auxois on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Pouilly-in-Auxois on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Pouilly-in-Auxois on Mapquest

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