| Vassy-sous-Pisy | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Coordinates: | 47.5697°N 4.1686°W |
| Insee: | 89431 |
| Postal Code: | 89420 |
| Arrondissement: | Avallon |
| Canton: | Chablis |
| Mayor: | Michel Codran[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Elevation Min M: | 264 |
| Elevation Max M: | 377 |
| Area Km2: | 7.45 |
Vassy-sous-Pisy (in French pronounced as /vasi su pizi/, literally Vassy under Pisy; before 2010: Vassy)[2] is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
The town is built on the summit of a 310 m high conical hill or monticule.
The ancient route from Paris to Lyon passed through Vassy, and in the 13th century we find a mention of the town, under the name of Vasseium. In 1786 investigations were made into the possibility of coal mining here. In the 19th century the town gained a train station on the Auxerre-Avallon line, thanks to the factory of Honoré Gariel. He and his brother Hippolyte had created a company or Société able to produce hydraulic lime.
" A depot was founded in Paris; the cement, named from then on Ciment romain de Vassy, was employed by considerable businesses, and made the Société's fortune, though Honoré Gariel had by then ceased to take a part in the Société."[3]A modest hamlet previously dependent on Étaule, Vassy would thus become — with an influx of blue-collar workers — a commune in its own right.
The hamlet surpassed the town's administrative center: The Gariel family endowed a town girls school (directed by the soeurs de la Providence, or sisters of Providence) with a chapel and a presbytery. As the population uniformly increased, a new church was begun in 1859 and finished in 1862.
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 1919 | Auguste Legast | ||
| 1919 | 1925 | Charles Legast | ||
| 1925 | 1929 | Camille Gallon | ||
| 1929 | 1944 | Guy Verrier | ||
| 1944 | 1945 | Germain Genty | ||
| 1945 | 1969 | Emile Gallon | ||
| 1969 | 1989 | Roger Canat | ||
| 1989 | 2008 | Michelle Philipot |