Tilly (Yvelines)
Tilly is a commune with 541 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Yvelines department in the Île- de -France region.
Geography
Tilly is located about 70 km west of Paris and 18 km south-west of Mantes- la -Jolie on the edge of the department of Yvelines on the border of the Eure -et -Loir in Mantois, an era marked by very gentle hills, in the small woods between extended cropland is.
In the southeast represents the valley of Vaucouleurs, a small tributary of the Seine, the natural boundary of the municipal area
History
Remains of menhirs in a La Haute Borne corridor mentioned document the prehistoric colonization of the district.
The present settlement, whose name possibly on Tilliacum ( Linde ) or goes back to the Gallo- Roman name Attilius is first mentioned in the 11th century as a possession of the abbey of Coulombs. Until the 15th century it was under the rule of mace. After the acquisition by Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse was in 1767 raised to the Marquisat.
Demographics
After an average population growth at the beginning of the 1960s, the city experienced until the mid- 1970s by a negative birth rate and the emigration of almost ten percent of the population a noticeable decline in the number of inhabitants. Since then, the birth rate is again positive and a strong inflow especially in the second half of the 1970s was the previous losses more than make up. Today there are just under 500 people about twice as many inhabitants in the place than in 1962.
Culture and sights
The 17th century in the style of Louis XIII. built castle Tilly enjoys with its park and the lines leading to it lime avenues as Inscrit Monument Historique and Site Inscrit a special appreciation as a historical and landscape heritage. The former moat is now dry. The rectangular building is flanked by two round towers. On the blocked off by a gate courtyard are replicas of the guns, which gave George Washington Admiral François Joseph Paul, marquis of Grasse Tilly, Count of Grasse in gratitude for his role in the American War of Independence. The replicas are a gift from the USA on the occasion of the bicentennial of American independence in 1976. The originals were melted down during the French Revolution.
The church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin from the 16th century emerged as a new building of its predecessor from the 12th century. In addition to the Gothic nave is a square tower with pyramidal roof. In an urn the heart Admirals is kept from Grasse, an inscription bearing the name of the descendants of Admiral.
Personalities
- The French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722-1788) acquired in 1764, the Château de Chantilly, together with the rule, received the title of Marquis of Tilly and spent the rest of his life in the village.