Vassy, Yonne
Encyclopedia
Vassy is a commune
in the Yonne
department in Burgundy in north-central France
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this page is not good = in French: cette page n'est pas bonne, elle mélange les informations de Vassy-sous-Pisy (89420) canton de Guillon et Vassy-Etaule ou Vassy-les-Avallon (89200) au canton d'Avallon les deux sont dans le département de l'Yonne (89) et distants de environ 20 km. Look at the page in French-Wikipédia "Vassy-sous-Pisy" and "Etaule".
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 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.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Yonne
Yonne
Yonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....
department in Burgundy in north-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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this page is not good = in French: cette page n'est pas bonne, elle mélange les informations de Vassy-sous-Pisy (89420) canton de Guillon et Vassy-Etaule ou Vassy-les-Avallon (89200) au canton d'Avallon les deux sont dans le département de l'Yonne (89) et distants de environ 20 km. Look at the page in French-Wikipédia "Vassy-sous-Pisy" and "Etaule".
History
The ancient route from ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
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
Auxerre
Auxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...
-Avallon
Avallon
Avallon is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in center-eastern France.-Geography:Avallon is located 50 km south-southeast of Auxerre, served by a branch of the Paris-Lyon railway and by exit 22 of the A6 motorway...
line, thanks to the factory of Honoré Gariel. He and his brother Hippolyte had created a company or Société able to produce hydraulic lime
Lime (mineral)
Lime is a general term for calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for a single mineral of the CaO composition, occurring very rarely...
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" 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."
A modest hamlet previously dependent on Étaule
Étaule
Étaule is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.-References:*...
, 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.
Mayors
| 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 |