Cessy-les-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛsi le bwa]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.[3]
Cessy-les-Bois | |
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 The church in Cessy-les-Bois | |
Location of Cessy-les-Bois  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°20′13″N 3°12′23″E / 47.3369°N 3.2064°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Nièvre |
| Arrondissement | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire |
| Canton | Pouilly-sur-Loire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandra Tixier-Maudry[1] |
| Area 1 | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 114 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 58048 /58220 |
| Elevation | 201–355 m (659–1,165 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Demographics
editOn 1 January 2021, the estimated population was 114.
Hamlets
editIn 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
editPlaces and monuments
edit- Church of Saint-Christophe : built 1st half of the 16th century and 19th century; registered as historic monument on 29 March 1971.[4] · .[5]
- 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
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Base Mérimée: Église de Cessy-les-Bois, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
- ^ Plan de l'église sur patrimoine-de-france.com. Photos et description succincte de l'église sur web-croqueur.fr.
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