Vassy-sous-Pisy

Vassy-sous-Pisy (before 2010: Vassy)[2] is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.

Vassy-sous-Pisy
Commune
Location of Vassy-sous-Pisy
Vassy-sous-Pisy
Vassy-sous-Pisy
Coordinates: 47°34′11″N 4°10′07″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentYonne
ArrondissementAvallon
CantonChablis
Area
1
7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
71
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
89431 /89420
Elevation264–377 m (866–1,237 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The town is built on the summit of a 310 m high conical hill or monticule.

History

The ancient route from Paris to Lyon passed through Vassy, and in the 13th century we find a mention of the town, under the name of Vasseium. In 1786 investigations were made into the possibility of coal mining here. In the 19th century the town gained a train station on the Auxerre-Avallon line, thanks to the factory of Honoré Gariel. He and his brother Hippolyte had created a company or Société able to produce hydraulic lime.

" A depot was founded in Paris; the cement, named from then on Ciment romain de Vassy, was employed by considerable businesses, and made the Société's fortune, though Honoré Gariel had by then ceased to take a part in the Société."[3]

A modest hamlet previously dependent on Étaule, Vassy would thus become — with an influx of blue-collar workers — a commune in its own right.

The hamlet surpassed the town's administrative center: The Gariel family endowed a town girls school (directed by the soeurs de la Providence, or sisters of Providence) with a chapel and a presbytery. As the population uniformly increased, a new church was begun in 1859 and finished in 1862.

Mayors
From To Name Party
1904 1919 Auguste Legast
1919 1925 Charles Legast
1925 1929 Camille Gallon
1929 1944 Guy Verrier
1944 1945 Germain Genty
1945 1969 Emile Gallon
1969 1989 Roger Canat
1989 2008 Michelle Philipot

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Décret n° 2010-772 8 July 2010 (in French)
  3. (in French) Victor Petit: Description des villes et campagnes du département de l'Yonne


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