Tilly (Yvelines)

Geography

The commune of Tilly is in the west of Yvelines, with the limit of the department of Eure-et-Loir, and in the south of the Mantois, with approximately 18 kilometers in the south-west of Mantes-the-Pretty and with twelve kilometers in the north of Houdan, the chief town of canton.

It is bordering on Dammartin-in-Serf in the North-East, of Montchauvet in the east, Civry-the-Forest in south-east, Boissets in the south, Berchères-on-Vesgre and Saint-Ouen-Marchefroy in south-west, of the Mesnil-Simon in the west (these three last communes belong to the Eure-et-Loir), of Mondreville in the North-West and Flins-New-Church in north.

The relatively flat communal territory extends on nearly 800 hectares on the plate to Mantois to approximately 130 meters to altitude. Its south-western limit follows the valley of the Vaucouleurs, small river tributary of the the Seine. The territory is primarily rural (to 92%) and wooded for a tenth approximately, in the form of small pieces dispersed in all the territory.

The habitat of the individual type is grouped mainly in the borough around the town hall and of the church and in the contiguous hamlet of the St. Lawrence, and in two offset hamlets, Millerus towards south-west and the Windmill towards north.

The communications are ensured by the secondary road 115, which connects Longnes to north and Houdan in the south while following the western limit of Yvelines, and by the secondary road 170 which connects Tilly to Dammartin-in-Serf in the east.

History

The name of Tilly derives from Attilius , patronym of the Gallo-Roman time.

The seigniory of Tilly was repurchased in 1764 by the admiral count de Grasse. Raised with the rank of marquis by Louis XV in 1767 for services rendered at the time of the war of independence of the United States, he was the last lord of Tilly.

Economy

Agricultural and residential commune.

Culture

Inheritance

Church of the Nativity-of-the-very-Holy-Virgin: stone building of the 16th century, with side bell-tower in the shape of square tower covered with an arrow with four slate sides.

Castle of Tilly, construction of the 17th century of Style Louis XIII, flanked of two round towers. The frontage and the roofs are classified historic building by decree of April 21st, 1994.
In the main courtyard of the castle, four bronze guns offered by the United States at the time of the bicentenary of American independence in 1976. The originals, taken to the English and offered by Washington to the admiral de Grasse, had been molten in 1793 during the French revolution.

Personalities related to the commune

the admiral de Grasse bought the castle of Tilly in 1764, was named marquis de Tilly and there passed the end of its life.

Practical life

Within the framework of the promotion of rural tourism, the commune is adherent association of the Pays of the Steps of Yvelines.

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