The Briarres-on-Essonne

the Briarres-on-Essonne is a common French, located in the department of the Loiret and the area Center.

Geography

The Briarres-on-Essonne is located on the the Essonne, to 5 km in the North-West of Puiseaux, 9 km in the south of Malesherbes and 16 km in the North-East of Pithiviers.

History

The existence of Briarres, whose name comes from the Gallic word meaning " pont" , is very old. At the end of the XIXe century, excavations led to the hamlet of Buisseau updated very important sarcophagi dating from the Gallo-Roman time (preserved today at the Museum of Orleans). In addition to its 3 mills on the Essonne, the most remarkable monument of the village is the church Saint-Etienne (ISMH), which presents a very old nave of XIIIe century to which a more recent nave made of 2 was assistant intersecting ribs, one hones and the other of it, undoubtedly paid by the inhabitants themselves, out of plaster. A retable of time Louis XIV is scheduled around a table representing the martyrdom of Etienne Saint. One will note also the old station of the Briarres-on-Essonne, on the Paris-Malesherbes-Montargis line (today unused of Malesherbes with Montargis).

Communes bordering

Puiseaux, the Ondreville-on-Essonne, Aulnay-the-River, Manchecourt, Labrosse, Dimancheville.

Administration

Economy

Still primarily rural, with 3 farmers installed on the Communes and several others exploiting there of the grounds, the village remains active for its size. Among several companies, one will distinguish a building firm (MRC) as well as a bakery which also offers a ray of grocer. The restaurant-bar-tobacco the Briarrois Relay shelters also the Poste point which serves the surrounding communes.

Culture

The Briarres-on-Essonne proposes to the hikers a circuit of discovered which will bring them in front of each of the 3 mills (Francorville, Briarres and Buisseau), of which that of Briarres preserves the totality of its mechanism at paddle wheel. The church Saint-Etienne (XIIIe/XVIIe centuries) has a remarkable retable of time Louis XIV, unfortunately nonworth visiting in normal weather. Each June, the Commune falls under the manifestations of the road of Corn with, in particular, first Saturday of the month Certif' with Briarres which makes it possible all to pass by again the old tests of the certificate of studies, handing-over to the last style. Other Saturdays are devoted to an exposure of art, a concert in the open air and a theatrical spectacle which finishes in taken care around a country meal of the restaurant of the village. The Briarres-on-Essonne was the commune of max Ponty, draftsman and poster artist with whom one must, in particular, the drawing of the package of Gipsies. It is buried with the communal cemetery.

Twinning

The commune is twinned with:
, to see Site of the city

Demography

The inhabitants are called the briarrois (be) .

1999: 532 inhabitants
2006: 579 inhabitants

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