Proisy

Proisy is a common French, located in the department of the Aisne and the area Picardy.

Geography

Longitude: 3.7333333 - Latitude: 49.9 - (P)

History

Old castle extremely taken in 1422 by Jean of Luxembourg (count de Ligny and of Own way which delivered Jeanne of arc to English), besieged and destroyed by the marshal of Bousach and Xaintrailles in 1430.

Louis Devillers (1864-1930), doctor like his father, is the founder in 1925 of the maternity, which is the only remaining building of the old hospital of Own way. His wife bequeathed to the department of Aisne its property of Closed in Proisy to install an observation sanatorium there.

Administration

Old name: Proizy, until the 07.03.1962, date of its current name.

Demography

Surface (in km2): 5 Density in 1999 (hab /km2): 56

Unemployment rate (1999) 6,3%

Average revenues by households (2004) 12.346 €/year

Places and monuments

Church St Martin

Center Vert: old railway going of Hrson with Guise

place known as: " the potasse" : extract range of blue clay.

rare wild orchises (to be preserved and especially not to gather)

Personalities related to the commune

XVIe century: Leon de Proisy, Knight, lord of the village of Proisy and the Deaf person, married to Anne de Lannoy.

XVIIIe century Lord Alexandre Charles Tarteron marquis de Proisy burned of Arzillière, acknowledged Lord of Malzy and other places and high and powerful Lady Marie Albertine Therese de Ximenez remaining in their castle and parish of Proisy diocese of Laon.

See too

Common of Aisne

External bonds

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

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