Boisney
Boisney is a commune of 285 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region. Boisney belongs to the Association of Local Authorities Communes rurales du canton de Brionne.
Geography
Boisney located in Lieuvin, 8 kilometers north-east of Bernay and 6.6 kilometers southwest from the cantonal capital of Brionne on the Route nationale 13 which separates the district of Le Petit- Boisney from the rest of the community.
Boisney is one of the municipalities in the department of Eure, in which the risk suddenly forming meter deep, well-like holes there. The so-called Marnières are old marl pits which have been provisionally filled with debris. You can open after heavy rain, when the rubble filling is washed into the side passages. These holes usually have a diameter of 1.5 to 2 meters. In the past, a Marnière has opened near the church.
Boisney is a climate of type Cfb ( according to Köppen and Geiger ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.
History
Boisney lay on the Roman road from Breviodurum ( Brionne ) to Noviomagus Lexoviorum ( Lisieux ). The road ran along the northern edge of the current municipal area through the hamlet Chemin- Chaussé.
The name Boisney comes from Gallo-Roman times: Botiniacum means of the same place of the Boto ' (or Botinus ), with Boto was a Germanic name and Botinus the Latin version. - acum is a Celtic suffix. The name of a hamlet Boincourt the neighboring community Carsix associated with the same name, which, due to the ending of the name suggests on -court, the dating of the name of the villages to the 6th century.
In a document of 1142, the municipality Boeneium is mentioned in a document from 1196 by Robert II de Meulan Boenei. Inherited in 1223 a man named Jean Boesnay one third of his property to the abbey of Le Bec.
Boisney was the fief of the Seigneurs de Thibouville. The last heir of the de Thibouville family was Jeanne de Thibouville (c. 1400). She married Jean de Tilly, Baron de Treillières, and brought with it Boisney in the Tilly family. Her daughter brought it into the Ferrieres family. To 1507 the fief fell by marriage to Antoine d' Arce († 1517). 1604 it fell again by marriage to Eustache de Conflans, whose grandson, the last of Conflans, 1690 died. The castellany, belonged to the Boisney, was sold to Henri Lambert, who was appointed in 1673 to the Marquis.
During World War II Boisney was in August 1944 exempted from the 2nd Canadian Division.
Culture and sights
The Romanesque church of Saint -Aubin, the the hl. Aubin of Angers ( 468/469-550 ) is dedicated, dates from the 12th century. It is classified as a monument historique since 1862 and was restored in the 19th century. In the church there are two equally classified as a monument historique grave slabs from the 15th century. The grave slab of Robert de Flocques, bailiff of Evreux, Evreux of 1441 by the English under Henry VI. freed and died in 1461, and of Jeanne de Tilly, widow of Jean de Ferrieres, who died in 1495. She was the daughter of Jeanne de Thibouville. Both grave slabs come from the Abbey Le Bec. Outside the church there are two huge ancient yew. The yew, the church and the wall around the cemetery are also classified as Site classé (, natural and cultural heritage ').
Boisney belongs to the Roman Catholic community Communauté de Plasnes - Saint Léger de red, the part of the parish of Notre Dame de Charentonne is of the diocese of Evreux.
Population Development
Most residents ( Boisneyens ) had Boisney 1821. Then the number of residents no more than one third of the population figures of 1821 dropped continuously until 1931. Though the number of inhabitants recovered slightly until 1999, was also achieved.
Economy
Major lines of business of Boisneyens are fruit growing, breeding of domestic cattle and domestic sheep and hospitality industry. The municipal area controlled designation of origin (AOC ) for Calvados and pommeau ( pommeau de Normandie ) and protected geographical indication ( PGI ) for Pork ( Porc de Normandie), poultry ( Volailles de Normandie) and cider ( Cidre de Normandie and cider normand ) apply.