Villiers-the-Tops is a common French, located in the department of the Yonne and the area Burgundy.
Geography
History
Name of Roman origin: Villare in Altis or Villare AltumOne discovered, by digging in the cemetery a wall whose stones were bound by Roman cement. The name of the village holds its origin in its primitive name " Villare in Altis" , name which appeared besides in the " Comments of César". One can guess a Roman way going from Direction to Sorb-apple.
Villiers-the-tops was a concerning stronghold Châtellenie de Châtel Gerard. The strong house existed with the XV° century. The village and the castle were set fire to by Fortépice in 1432. The castle was rebuilt to the XVII by the Oudry family. The residence seigneuriale is partly of remainder, it is a farm today. There exists in this farm the entry of an underground which, according to any probability, ended in Fulvy, where traces were still visible in the Fifties.
The family Cosquyno, originating in Ancy-the-Franc, managed to have the seigniory of Fulvy. In 1691, a young lady Cosquyno brought in dowry part of Fulvy to her Antoine husband of Escluse, lord Villiers-the-Tops. In consequence of successive marriages, the descendants as of Cosquyno were combined with the family of Pampelune. A descendant was Etienne Lenis de Pampelune de Grenouilly. It was born with Villiers-the-Tops, there passed its childhood and was lord of this place. Etienne Lenis de Pampelune was light horseman of the guard of the king de France Louis XV and rider cavalcador ordering the stables of Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, marries dolphin and mother of Louis XVI, then later of Marie-Antoinette, queen of France.
In 1842, the family seigneuriale (last will of Mrs. Jacquinot de Pampelune de Genouilly) had made at the hospital Thunder a gift of 20.000 francs. This sum was to allow the commune of Fulvy on the one hand and that Villiers-the-Tops on the other hand, to occupy a bed at the known as hospital. June 18th, 1847, the receiver of the old people's home of Thunder could touch the 20.000 agreed francs is 5 years after the reading of the will. At one time when the poor ones were not rare, the commune of Villiers-the-Tops largely profited from this facility. And on its side, the hospital respected the clauses of this gift until 1939. The poor patients Villiers-the-Tops were accepted at the hospital and were kept without time limit, and any request for funds to the commune.
Some big events in the life of the village (Files municipal): - 1712: a man is killed by the lightning by sounding the bells. - March 5th, 1754: blessing of the Gate vault and all the lately built figures of the Church - 1779: blessing of the two bells. - 1791: The Abbot Ravier is condemned to the deportation in 1791 by the court of Thunder to have in his oath matched too much reserve to the revolution. He is half of his functions of mayor of the village. He flees in Constance in Germany, and sends a long letter to the inhabitants Villiers-the-Tops " exortant to remain in the faith catholique". He returns and reinstalls himself in his functions in 1797. - 1822: " Its majesty Louis XVIII per ordinance of March presents year authorized the sale of 48 ha wood of Reserve belonging to the commune".
Administration
Demography
Places and monuments
The commune of Villiers-the-Tops has an old laundrette, as well as a church " Saint-Maurice".
Personalities related to the commune
See too
- Common of Yonne
External bonds
- Villiers-the-Tops on the site of the National Geographical Institute
- Villiers-the-Tops on the site of INSEE
- Villiers-the-Tops on the site of Quid
- Localization Villiers-the-Tops on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane Villiers-the-Tops on Mapquest
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