- Noyers, Yonne
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Noyers
NoyersLocation within Burgundy region
NoyersAdministration Country France Region Burgundy Department Yonne Arrondissement Avallon Canton Noyers Mayor Marc Domingo
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 167–296 m (548–971 ft)
(avg. 189 m/620 ft)Land area1 35.66 km2 (13.77 sq mi) Population2 744 (2006) - Density 21 /km2 (54 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 89279/ 89310 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. Coordinates: 47°41′51″N 3°59′41″E / 47.6975°N 3.99472°E
Noyers (French pronunciation: [nwajɛʁ]; sometimes referred to as Noyers-sur-Serein) is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.
There are half-timbered houses, ashlars, pillars and pinnacles. There are a lot of lanes and small squares made of chalky and granitic pavements. There are towers surrounded by the river Serein loops.
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History
The origins of Noyers are unclear. It was founded by the king of Sequani Gaul tribe, just before the Roman conquest, or by a contemporary of Julius Caesar called Lucidorius. He would have given the city its first name, Lucida.
Around and after the 12th century the city became the seat of the Miles family. At the end of the twelfth century, Hugues de Noyers, bishop of Auxerre, built "one of the most famous castles of France". It was beleaguered by Blanche de Castille’s troops in 1217, but it did resist.
In 1419, at the end of the Miles dynasty, Noyers became the property of the dukes of Burgundy. The prince of Condé became count of Noyers. He made a Huguenot place of the city and took refuge in it after the defeat of Amboise conspiracy in 1568. But Catherine de Médicis dislodged him and the garrison surrendered.
Later the castle was dismantled by King Henry IV in 1599. After a long time of lethargy the city revived in 1710 when the duke of Luynes married the last descendant of the Condé family.
Wine and grain trade were prosperous at Noyers. A lot of documents attest there were plenty of vines, walnut-trees and cherry-trees over the hills all around Noyers. Till the beginning of the twentieth century a great part of local craftsmen was represented by cartwrights, harness-makers, coopers, farriers and shoe makers. In 1861 there were 128 vine-growers and 25 tillage-farmers. Today they are not so many but farmers are still keeping their places.
Twin towns
Noceto, Italy
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Categories:- Communes of Yonne
- Plus Beaux Villages de France
- Sequani
- Yonne geography stubs
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