Leuville-sur-Orge
Leuville -sur -Orge is a commune with 4094 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Essonne of the Ile- de -France region. It is located 25 kilometers from Paris on the banks of the Orge. Their extent is 249 acres.
History
In the 15th century Leuville had just 50 inhabitants. It belonged to the fief Montlhery. Therefore, its inhabitants were repeatedly involved in the clashes between the local lords of Montlhery and the French kings. In the battle of Montlhery on 16 July 1465 in which Louis XI. and the aristocratic opposition Ligue du Bien public faced, dropped half the population Leuvilles.
In the 16th century the village of de Leuville family belonged. During the French Revolution Leuville served the naturalist and later minister of state under Napoleon Bonaparte, Bernard Germain Etienne Médard de La Ville- sur- Illon, comte de La Cepede, as a refuge.
1922 Leuville seat of the Georgian government in exile, which had been distributed by the Red Army from their homeland. In Georgia Levili was how the place is called there, the myth of national resistance.
Economy
The community lives on vegetable and fruit growing. Fruits and vegetables were first on foot, later taken with the cart and the rail to Paris. Today, especially potatoes and pumpkins are grown. Settled here also establishments in the chemical industry and the electronics industry. The population grew from 1,198 residents in 1962 to 3,761 inhabitants in 1999.
Attractions
The castle, built by François Xavier de Leuville, Chancellor of the French king Francis I no longer stands. It was sold in 1750 and demolished in 1751 by the Duke de Noailles. From the building is only a door of the northern facade survived.
Good condition is the hunting lodge of the castle from the 18th century. 1922 earned him the Georgian government in exile. It is administered at the municipal cemetery of the Union of Georgians in France as the Georgian Carré. There you will find the grave locations of nearly 500 Georgian emigrants, including Prime Minister Noe Schordania, Parliament President Nikoloz Chiedze, the writer Grigol Robakidze, the historian Mikheil Tsereteli, as well as participants of the August Uprising in Georgia in 1924. The mortal remains of the resistance fighter Kakuza Tscholoqaschwili in 2005 by Leuville transferred to Georgia.
In the Church of Saint Jean -Baptiste from the 13th century, the men are buried by Leuville. A grave slab of 1633 testifies. The church also houses a statue of Saint Sebastian and an icon of Saint Nino.
Georgian government in exile in Leuville
In June 1922 bought the former mayor of Tbilisi, Benia Tschchikwischwili, with funds from the Democratic Republic of Georgia, the hunting lodge in Leuville and five acres of the surrounding terrain. 30 members of the exile government was shared by 15 apartments with no running water and no electricity. After the failed August Uprising in Georgia in 1924 attracted more emigrants to Leuville. Overall eventually lived about 100 Georgians in the village. A print shop in the pavilion made Georgian brochures and magazines.
Today the hunting pavilion Georgian visitors are received, held seminars and commemorations. The most prominent guests were the President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze (1997) and Mikheil Saakashvili ( 2004). In the large drawing room the Declaration of Independence of Georgia of 26 May 1918, and photos of the exile government from the 1920s and 1930s hanging.
Twinning
Leuville -sur -Orge maintains since 2001 a city partnership with Mtskheta in Georgia.