Provency is a common French, located in the department of the Yonne and the area Burgundy.

Geography

History

The village of Provency is quoted with the XIIe century under the name of " Provence" or " Proency". Provency and its Hameau X formed several Seigneurie S raising the ones (Provency and Genouilly) of Montreal, the others (Marcilly and Turn-of-Prey) of Noyers.

Bur, Lord of Marcilly and of Turn-of-Prey, founded in 1239 the Abbaye women of Our-Lady-of-Good-Rest, about Cîteaux where the close parishes came in Pèlerinage in climatic time of calamity and where were made bury a great number of representatives of the local nobility.

The ground of Provency successively belonged to Damoiseau, with the Holy-Moor; Genouilly was in Pampelune. One exploited with the XIXe century in Genouilly of the career S of hydraulic Ciment.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

• Manor S of Provency XVIe/XVIIe century and of Genouilly XVIe century.

• Vestiges of the strong house thePre one, dismantled during the Wars of the league: square Keep XVe century.
• Residence of Marcilly (on the site of the Abbey of Our-Lady-of-Good-Rest): main building to turrets of style XVIe century; old gate (IMH), coming from Annay-the-Coast.
• Church Saint-Symphorien Rebirth: small porch XVIe century, carries Romance to trefoil tympanum, triples Nef with 4 spans, in form of Latin Croix, vaults out of stone with ogival veins, bays blazing, vault of the Sanctuaire to blazing compartments, many tomb stones, Clocher - square turn XVe century,
• vault seigneuriale; Virgin with the Child XIVe century hones some (coming from the abbey of Marcilly); octagonal Baptistry out of stone dated 1577.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

• Common of Yonne

External bonds

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