Cessy-les-Bois
Cessy-les-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛsi le bwa]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
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. · .
- 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
References
- ^ "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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