Vianne

Vianne is a common French, located in the department of Lot-et-Garonne and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Commune situuée on the Fall and the side Channel in the Garonne

History

The Bastide of Vianne was founded in 1284 by an act of Paréage between the Jordan of Isle and the Seneshal of Guyenne Jean de Grailly, representative of the king d' Angleterre Edouard Ier of England. The name of the city was chosen by the Jordan of Isle in the honor of his/her aunt Viane de Gontaud-Biron which him léga a few years earlier its rights on the seigniory of Mongaillard on which the future country house depended. The country house was set up instead of the village of Villelongue of which there remains the Notre-Dame church, between the Baïse and the buttresses of Montgaillard. The new city (villa nova or country house) will see drawing up the first fortifications at the beginning of the XIVe century, right before the beginning of the one hundred year old war (1337). They are constituted of a wall of enclosure of 1,2 km, of four square towers (not - glazes at the time) and round towers (there remain two about it today). The history of the city was enamelled several Franco-English skirmishes and battles (combat of 1342). Much more recently, the history of the city is written with that of its glassmaking, creates in 1928, specialized in the blower of Article To most extremely of its activity nearly 900 workmen worked there.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Bridge channel on the Fall

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Lot-et-Garonne

External bonds

Vianne on the site of the national geographical Institute
Vianne on the site of INSEE
Vianne on the site of Quid
Localization of Vianne on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Vianne on Mapquest
Site of the Tourist office of Vianne

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