Thilay

Thilay is a common French, located in the department of the the Ardennes and the area Champagne-Ardenne.

Geography

Thilay contains the villages of Thilay, Naux, Nohan, Navaux

History

  • Located in the forest of the principality of Castle-Regnault, the village was attached to the royal field in 1629. The canons of Braux had many properties there. The course of Semoy was used for the floatation of wood.

  • Of the forging mills always existed there.
  • At the beginning 16th, Jean of Leuwen built on a escarpée hill a fortress, the castle of Linchamps, from where he held to ransom population of neighborhood and travellers.
  • the castle was destroyed by the royal troops in 1550 and was rebuilt by the duke of Own way a little later.
Today still the metallurgy is the principal branch of industry of this village.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of the Ardennes

External bonds

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

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