Thoirette

Thoirette is a common French, located in the department of the the Jura and the area Franche-Comté.

Its inhabitants is called Thoiretiens.

Geography

History

The common car its name of the castle of Thoire which is the cradle of the family of Thoire. This house of Bugey can be put at the row of the sovereign houses. She is allied with that of Beaujeu, Savoy, Burgundy, Roussillon, of the Beams, of Poitiers, of Geneva etc

In 1196 Etienne Ier de Thoire (about 1178 - 1235) wife Agnes de Villars. To the grounds of Bugey, inter alia Cerdon, Montreal, Arbent, Matafelon, Beauregard, Belvoir of Thoire are added most of the Bresse with the grounds dombists of Villars which included/understood the seigniories of Villars, Châtelard, of Ambérieux-in-Dombes and of Trévoux.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The bridge

Personalities related to the commune

Marie François Xavier Bichat, biologist and physiologist, was born the November 14th 1771 in Thoirette
Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard, major general under Napoleon Bonaparte, was born the January 24th 1760 in Thoirette

See too

Common of the Jura

External bonds

Thoirette on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Thoirette on the site of INSEE
Thoirette on the site of Quid
Localization of Thoirette on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Thoirette on Mapquest

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