Cessy-les-Bois explained
| Cessy-les-Bois |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Coordinates: | 47.3369°N 3.2064°W |
| Insee: | 58048 |
| Postal Code: | 58220 |
| Arrondissement: | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire |
| Canton: | Pouilly-sur-Loire |
| Mayor: | Sandra Tixier-Maudry[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Elevation Min M: | 201 |
| Elevation Max M: | 355 |
| Area Km2: | 17.49 |
Cessy-les-Bois (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.[2]
Demographics
On 1 January 2021, the estimated population was 114.
Hamlets
In addition to the village, Cessy-les-Bois includes several hamlets and isolated dwellings: Bondieuse, Chevenet, les Dubois, Montignon, Paray, la Redouterie.
Local culture and heritage
Places and monuments
- Church of Saint-Christophe : built 1st half of the 16th century and 19th century; registered as historic monument on 29 March 1971.[3] .[4]
- Priory: the exact location of the old monastery of Cessy remains to be determined. Two theories are opposed: according to one, the priory, destroyed in 1569, was located on the site of the current town hall; according to Abbot Charrault (abbé Charrault), local historian, it was located in Montignon, on a hillside.
Known people linked to the village
- Haimo of Auxerre, prior of Cessy from 865 to 875, theologian and exegete
- Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (1618-1693), philosopher and letter writer, pamphleteer, satirist, libertine, member of the French Academy and lord of Cessy.
- Poet and pamphleteer, Jacques Carpentier de Marigny (1615 / 1670), prior of Cessy-les-Bois, Coche, Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Vielmanay.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/58048-cessy-les-bois INSEE commune file
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- http://patrimoine-de-france.com/nievre/cessy-les-bois/eglise-1.php Plan de l'église
