Thury, Yonne

Thury

Town hall of Thury (on the left).

Coat of arms
Thury

Coordinates: 47°35′14″N 3°17′43″E / 47.5872°N 3.2953°E / 47.5872; 3.2953Coordinates: 47°35′14″N 3°17′43″E / 47.5872°N 3.2953°E / 47.5872; 3.2953
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Yonne
Arrondissement Auxerre
Canton Vincelles
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Claude Conte
Area1 23.22 km2 (8.97 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 452
  Density 19/km2 (50/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 89416 / 89520
Elevation 222–328 m (728–1,076 ft)
(avg. 282 m or 925 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thury is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France. Its inhabitants are called Thurycois and Thurycoises.

Geography

Soil

Chemical analysis of soils by Professor Gérard Mottet (2006 seminar given Toucy within the University for All-Puisaye land).

Geology

Elevations

Toponymy

The name of the town is attested in the forms Tauriacus 578 (Saint Aunaire); Tauriacum in 913 (Saint Geran); of Thuraco in 1369 (pouillé); Thoriaco of the fourteenth century (pouillé).

Tauriacum originally referred to a field or a property called Taurus, layer probable Gallic Taruos. Gallo-Roman suffix -acum is of Gallic origin and is often preceded by a person's name, indicates the property. The original name of Chitry (Fort), for example, was built on the same mode, Chistriacum that Thury. The current names of villages whose termination is to come from this original Gallic or Gallo-Roman Aisy, Arcy, Augy, Chemilly, Cheny, Chichy, Courgis, and so on.

Thury can also be explained by an appellative turra, pre-Latin origin, perhaps Gaul, who gave birth to a long list of microtoponyms because she remained alive until our time in patois means tureau "height ", followed by the same suffix -acum already mentioned in the previous case. Thus: Thoires, Thorey, Thorigny Thurey, Toury-Lurcy, Tharot.

Homonymy with many Tauriac, Thoiry Thoury, Toury, and so on.

History

First inhabitants

Gallo-Roman to Renaissance

Major event

The Battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye (25 June 841) was the first event of local importance that took place between the 21 and 26 June 841. Charles the Bald, grandson of Charlemagne, encamped on the hill Roichat before the battle. Over 150,000 troops each fought in and around Thury as part of this stage of the campaign.

Administration

The municipality of Thury was created in 1793. Part of the department of Yonne, it was the chief town of canton, depending on the district of Saint-Fargeau. In 1801, Thury was integrated township of Saint-Sauveur and the district of Auxerre.

Liste des maires successifs
Période Identité Parti Qualité
1989–2013 André Grossier
1983–1989 Jack Allard
1947–1983 Robert Barba
1925–1947 Gustave Boisseau
1919–1925 René Delestre
1913–1919 Jules Boutron
1893–1913 Félix Angilbert
1854–1872 J.-B. Alexandre Pascault
1848–1854 J.-B. Alexandre Pascault
1815–1848 Edme Alexandre Rouger
1808– 1814 Lazare Guillier
1800–1807 Louis Fron
c. 1792 – 1800 Jean Baptiste Desleau
until 1848, the first mayors were identified from the registers of civil status.

Economy

The activity of the town of Thury is predominantly agricultural. Indeed, many farms are the largest part of the local economy, however, the town of Thury has several shops and services (grocery, a bakery, a hairdresser mixed a dealer appliances) as well as several companies building in the town and in the villages (electricity, cover-zinc works, sanitation and thermal cover masonry, Earthwork & public Works), company maintenance of green spaces, a micro-enterprise industrial computing, a service grooming canine home builders of Art, a pharmacy, a communal postal agency, a primary school and guest houses in the hamlet of Grangette and Moulery.

Heritage

Religious heritage

Local activities

See also

References

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