Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Aube | |
Arrondissement | Bar-sur-Aube | |
Canton | Vendeuvre-sur-Barse | |
Community association | Vendeuvre-Soulaines | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 14 ′ N , 4 ° 28 ′ E | |
height | 144-233 m | |
surface | 51.94 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,317 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 10140 | |
INSEE code | 10401 | |
Website | www.vendeuvre-sur-barse.fr | |
Church in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse |
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse is a French commune with 2317 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Grand Est region in the Aube department .
geography
Vendeuvre is located on the edge of the Paris Basin 30 km east of Troyes at the source of the Barse , a small right tributary of the Seine . The village is located in the southeast of the Forêt d'Orient (French: Parc naturel régional de la forêt d'Orient), which is characterized by an extensive forest area and numerous lakes and ponds . The municipality has a train station on the Paris – Mulhouse line , which is served by TER Champagne-Ardenne and Intercités trains.
history
The name of the place is probably of Gallic origin if the meaning is not clearly clarified . It is already documented by coins from the Merovingian period. In 865 Pope Nicholas I took the place Vendopera in the kingdom of Charles the Bald under his protection. The fiefdom was subordinate to the Lords of Troyes.
At the beginning of the 12th century, Rocelin de Vendeuvre became an advisor to the Counts of Champagne. Hilduin de Vendeuvre became dean and later bishop of Langres at the beginning of the 13th century .
By Miles X. de Noyers , Marshal of France , the divided rule was reunited in the 14th century. Towards the end of the 15th century, it was acquired by Charles II. D'Amboise , after it had previously passed to Dreu de Mello via Isabel de Noyers . Via Charles' niece Antoinette d'Amboise , the place then passed to her first husband, the Lord of Barbezieux , Seneschal of Guyenne and Admiral of France Antoine de La Rochefoucauld and later to their son Charles, who was appointed lieutenant general of the government of Champagne. In the 17th century, rule passed through the heirs of Henri de Luxembourg to Jean de Mesgrigny, Prime Minister of the Parliament of Provence, and in the 18th century it was sold to Gabriel Pavée, whose descendants Pavée de Vendeuvre and Bourlon de Sarty are still the owners today of the castle are.
In October 1848 the parish took its current name. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Vendeuvre was home to an important production of saints, founded by the Parisian sculptor Léon Moynet.
Population development
With a consistently positive birth balance , the development of the community's population benefited from a strong influx, especially at the beginning of the 1970s. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the place has recorded a decline in population due to emigration in excess of the birth surplus .
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
Residents | 1839 | 1821 | 2613 | 2940 | 2793 | 2623 | 2383 | 2334 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
The castle of Vendeuvre is classified as a monument historique and is the most important secular building in the municipality. Its oldest part, the tower, dates from the 12th century. Today's main house was built in the 16th and 17th centuries, as was the ornate staircase made of tuff stone . The pigeon house and the orangery are worth seeing .
The 16th century church of Saint-Pierre is also protected as a monument historique . The church in Valsuzenay was built in the 12th century and restored in 1922.
Personalities
- Nicolas Bourbon the Elder (* 1503 in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, † 1550 in Candé) was a neo-Latin poet.
- Nicolas Bourbon the Younger (* 1574 in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse; † August 6, 1644 in Paris) was an oratorian, Graecist, neo-Latin writer, man of letters and member of the Académie française.
- The French UMP politician Pierre Micaux was born in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse in 1930. From 1965 to 1995 he was mayor of the municipality.
Individual evidence
- ↑ INSEE: Population of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.