Lassy (Calvados)
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| local community | Terres de Druance | |
| region | Normandy | |
| Department | Calvados | |
| Arrondissement | Vire | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 55 ′ N , 0 ° 41 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 14770 | |
| Former INSEE code | 14357 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Saint-Rémy church |
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Lassy (Lascy, Lacy, Laceium, Lasceium, Lachi, Vassy) is a former French commune in Normandy in north-western France with the last 361 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). It belonged to the Calvados department .
The municipality of Lassy merged with Saint-Jean-le-Blanc and Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets to form the new municipality of Terres de Druance on January 1, 2017 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 474 | 449 | 385 | 311 | 289 | 327 | 337 | 361 |
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church
Except for a few old parts, Lassy Church is a relatively modern cross-shaped structure. The pointed arch portal is crowned by a church tower with a slate-covered dome. The bells were melted down by Charles Moisson in 1804 and 1806.
Hugh de Lacy
From this place came the family of Hugh de Lacy (1020-1049). Hugh de Lacy is the father of Walter de Lacy (Lascy, Laci) (1046-1089) who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066 ( William I (England) ) on his campaign to conquer England. Jean (John) de Lacy (1192–1240) is one of the signatories of the Magna Carta . Hugh de Lacy's descendants have acquired extensive estates in England and Ireland (see also Trim (Ireland) and Trim Castle ).
A representative of the family is Peter Graf von Lacy who had to leave Ireland in 1691. He became field marshal in Russia, governor of Livonia . Peter Count de Lacy is the most successful representative of a group of young Irish nobility known as the "wild geese". Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy (Francois Maurice Count de Lacy, Field Marshal under Regent Maria Theresia ) is the son of Peter Graf von Lacy. Franz Moritz Graf Lacy was the owner of Neuwaldegg Palace in Vienna and builder of Wilhelminenberg Palace .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-111-2 , pp. 589-590.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ roynel.com
- ↑ Hugh de Lacy . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 16 : L - Lord Advocate . London 1911 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: infokey.com )