Puiseaux
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Pithiviers | |
| Canton | Malesherbes | |
| Community association | Pithiverais-Gâtinais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ N , 2 ° 28 ′ E | |
| height | 82-141 m | |
| surface | 20.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,416 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 168 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 45390 | |
| INSEE code | 45258 | |
Puiseaux is a French town with 3416 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the district Pithiviers in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . The Essonne River forms the border with the neighboring municipalities.
history
The name Puiseaux means small fountain (from the Latin puteolis , little well). Finds show that the first inhabitants settled here before the 3rd century. Puiseaux does not appear in history until the 10th century. At that time it was a small town with about 500 inhabitants who had settled around the two churches of Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Pierre.
In 1112 King Ludwig VI founded in Puiseaux the canons monastery of Saint-Augustin, which the following year was converted into a priory and attached to the Parisian Saint-Victor monastery . Louis VI. donated lands to the foundation and gave Puiseaux market rights . He also ordered the construction of a new church (Notre Dame) dedicated to Mary , the mother of Jesus , and had a wall built around the city .
Constant unrest as a result of the feudalist wars and the Hundred Years' War in early 1346 forced the monks to seek refuge within a fortress that enclosed the church, the priory and a number of houses between what is now rue de l'Eglise and rue du Fort . The first city wall was built .
A city map from 1497 shows Puiseaux from its southern side. The square church tower with its pyramid-shaped roof protrudes from the fortress, but the south aisle is still missing.
Thanks to its city walls, Puiseaux survived the Hundred Years War without damage. After the war, King Ludwig XI. the return to prosperity by maintaining the merchant market and fairs.
When it became prosperous, the city expanded beyond the city walls. A second, larger city wall was built using the stones of the old city wall until it completely disappeared. The area south of the church became available and it was used to build a side aisle and build a new priory.
Although Puiseaux was never taken by soldiers, one was not immune to the forces of nature. Puiseaux was flooded at least six times. In 1891 a flood destroyed all houses.
Only the First World War with its heavy fighting brought the city again destruction. A hospital was set up in the parish hall of the church (now Rély's tavern ). During the Second World War Puiseaux was occupied, but there was no fighting or bombing .
Sons of the city
- Jacques Paul Migne (* 1800; † 1875) was a French theologian who published inexpensive and widespread editions of theological works, encyclopedias and texts of the Church Fathers. From 1826 to 1833 he was in charge of the Puiseaux parish in the Orléans diocese .
- Jules Blanchard (* 1832; † 1916), a sculptor born in Puiseaux, created, among other things, the bronze statue “Science” that stands in front of the Paris City Hall. Jules Blanchard often stayed in his native town, where he always lived in his grandmother's house. This house is still in what is now rue Blanchard .
Economy and Transport
Most residents work at the site, but by the nearby motorway A6 Ury commute some to the vicinity of Paris .
The agriculture is still today an economic factor . The production variety consists of grain , barley , sugar beet and, in small quantities, corn , sunflower and rapeseed .
The livestock in the barn, formerly often practiced, no longer exists.
A weekly market (Monday mornings) and two annual markets (on the Easter weekend and on the second Sunday in September) stimulate trade.
partnership
Since 1974 there has been a town partnership with the then independent municipality of Nieder-Roden ( Hessen ), which became part of the town of Rodgau in 1977 as part of the Hessian territorial reform .
