Raillencourt-Holy-Olle

Raillencourt-Holy-Olle is a common French, located in the department of the Northern and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

History

The first historical traces of the village appear in the writings in the year 1010: Rollaicort, Rollaincourt in 1030 and Raillencourt in 1142, name of a Seigniory had by a family at the current place of the farm of Mr. Chauwin.

Sainte Olle comes from Santolla, Santolle, according to a bubble of the Pape Innocent II gone back to 1142. Sainte Olle indicates the holy one which was Martyr ized in these places with the XIe century. It was recluse and its reputation of holiness was spread well quickly in the area. In the Cathedral of Cambric, the administration of the Art schools placed a Vitrail of holy Olle on the left transept. The village was first of all called Holy-Olle-Raillencourt, by the importance of the religious aspect at that time. Raillencourt-holy-Olle on a Roman Voie was connecting Cambrai to Arras. Then, under Napoleon, this road was moved in its current layout.

The village, located on the road of the commercial exchanges between the France and the Germanic, had to also share the blows on a border extremely discussed between the two camps.

In 1339, Raillencourt-Holy-Olle was devastated like Cambrai and was ruined following the confrontation of the Duc of Burgundy and the Maréchal Bertrand. Jeanne d' Arc, captive of English would have passed to Sainte Olle during its transfer to Rouen, on the way connecting Cambrai to Arras.

The very agitated period of the history of the village was to finish when the armies of the Sun king entered victorious the April 5th 1677, attaching the village to the kingdom of France.

With the XVIIIe century, the Agriculture occupies the population in an intermittent way: the flax was woven, one cultivated the Blé and the Seigle. There were many mills with oil on the spot.

With the XIXe century, the industrial activity occupied much villager, in a factory of torrefaction of Chicorée, a fodder plant of which the root is used to replace the Café. In the same way in " factories of sucre" , distillings and oil mills (Colza and oil poppy).

Administration

|- | March 2001 ||Maryvonne Ringeval || || |- || March 1989 - March 2001 ||François Delcourte || || |- || March 1965 - March 1989 ||Paul Bousignière || || |- $ || March 1959 - March 1965 ||François Moreau || || |- || March 1947 - March 1959 ||Joseph Ringeval || || |- | align=right| || || || |}

Raillencourt-holy-Olle belongs to the Communauté of Cambric agglomeration.

Demography

Before 1914, there were 16 pubs in the village of co. Olle for 1100 inhabitants.

See too

Common of North

External bonds

Official site of Raillencourt-Holy-Olle
Presentation of the community of Cambric agglomeration, which gathers 22 common Raillencourt-Holy-Olle since December 2004 ''
on the site of the national geographical Institute
Raillencourt-Holy-Olle on the site of INSEE
Raillencourt-Holy-Olle on the site of Quid
Localization of Raillencourt-Holy-Olle on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plan on Raillencourt-Holy-Olle on Mapquest

Random links: