Villers-Cernay

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

Geography

History

From 1560 to 1642, Villers-Cernay belongs to the Principauté of Sedan.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Abbot Georges Philippe of the Swell, wire of Pierre of the Swell and Marguerite Lateinturière, priest of the parish to the XVII and XVIIIe centuries. An inscription located on the wall external of the church, with the top of an old window of the chorus, fact report of its sacerdotal jubilee: " Georges Philippe of the Swell/ 77 years/ 1734/ priest of Villers-Cernay" This piles cleaned collected its nephews after the death of their parents, Jacques d' Acremont and his wife, Marie, born from the Swell.

Jean Chantriaux; Ironmaster; born in 1652 (+ in 1725 to 73 years), wire of Raulin Chantriaux and Alizon Harmant; marry in 1678 Caroline-Charlotte of the Swell (girl of Pierre of the Swell and Marguerite Lateinturière), sister of the priest of the parish, Georges Philippe of the Swell; he acquired into 1687 of the furnaces and communal mills of Villers-Cernay and will remain, with his family, at the house known as of the Old Mill.

Jean-Baptiste Chantriaux, carrying constraints for the lifting of the royal sums of money, at the end of the XVIIIe century. In 1789, the population refuses to discharge the tax. Jean-Baptiste Chantriaux sees himself constrained to institute against it legal proceedings. In the night of January 22nd, 1790, the population puts fire at its house.

Henri-Jérémie Chantriaux, of the 59e regiment of infantry of line; took share, inter alia, with the combat of the battle of Waterloo.

Jean-Nicolas Chantriaux, Mayor of Villers-Cernay, under the Monarchy of July; it in particular ensures, in 1833, the replacement of the bell of the church.

Sources: " Villers-Cernay and its environs" by the All Saints' day Abbot, cleaned of Villers-Cernay about 1900. (Louis Chantriaux 31400 Toulouse - louischantriaux@yahoo.fr)

External bonds

  • Villers-Cernay on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Villers-Cernay on the site of INSEE
  • Villers-Cernay on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Villers-Cernay on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Villers-Cernay on Mapquest

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