Cessy-les-Bois

Cessy-les-Bois
Cessy-les-Bois
Commune
	The church in Cessy-les-Bois
	Location of Cessy-les-Bois
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	Coordinates: 47°20′13″N 3°12′23″E / 47.3369°N 3.2064°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Canton	Pouilly-sur-Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandra Tixier-Maudry
Area 1	17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)	114
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58048 /58220
Elevation	201–355 m (659–1,165 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cessy-les-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛsi le bwa]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.^[3]

Demographics

On 1 January 2021, the estimated population was 114.

Hamlets

In addition to the village, Cessy-les-Bois includes several hamlets and isolated dwellings: Bondieuse, Chevenet, les Dubois, Montignon, Paray, la Redouterie.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

Church of Saint-Christophe : built 1st half of the 16th century and 19th century; registered as historic monument on 29 March 1971.^[4] · .^[5]
Priory: the exact location of the old monastery of Cessy remains to be determined. Two theories are opposed: according to one, the priory, destroyed in 1569, was located on the site of the current town hall; according to Abbot Charrault (abbé Charrault), local historian, it was located in Montignon, on a hillside.

Known people linked to the village

Haimo of Auxerre, prior of Cessy from 865 to 875, theologian and exegete
Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (1618-1693), philosopher and letter writer, pamphleteer, satirist, libertine, member of the French Academy and lord of Cessy.
Poet and pamphleteer, Jacques Carpentier de Marigny (1615 / 1670), prior of Cessy-les-Bois, Coche, Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Vielmanay.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Base Mérimée: Église de Cessy-les-Bois, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).
^ Plan de l'église sur patrimoine-de-france.com. Photos et description succincte de l'église sur web-croqueur.fr.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[4] Base Mérimée: Église de Cessy-les-Bois, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French).

[5] Plan de l'église sur patrimoine-de-france.com. Photos et description succincte de l'église sur web-croqueur.fr.

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