Toury-Lurcy

Toury-Lurcy is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.[2]

Toury-Lurcy
Commune
The church in Toury-Lurcy
Location of Toury-Lurcy
Toury-Lurcy
Toury-Lurcy
Coordinates: 46°44′22″N 3°25′33″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentNièvre
ArrondissementNevers
CantonSaint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
Area
1
25.54 km2 (9.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
430
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
58293 /58300
Elevation197–252 m (646–827 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

From the 12th century, the village of Toury-Lurcy (formerly Thoriacum or Toriaco) was one of the fiefdoms of the Counts of Thoury (hence its name).

In 1161, the bishop of Nevers, Bernard of Saint-Saulge, recognized by letters sent to the abbot of St. Martin, Autun, that this church in his diocese was the property of the abbey, which was confirmed in 1164 by a bull of Pope Alexander III, then a refugee in France.[3] The family of Richard de Soultrait were the local lords.

The town was created in 1823 from the merger of Toury and Lurcy-sur-Abron.

The Château de Toury-Lurcy, rebuilt in 1776 on a medieval site, is classified and registered as a historical monument.

Notable People
  • Georges de Soultrait, count, regional historian, born and died at Toury (1822-1888).[4]
  • Jean Saulnier, knight, lord of Thoury-sur-Abron, councilor and chamberlain of the king, steward of Isabeau, duchess of Bourbonnais, and bailiff of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, died in 1389.[5]
  • Agnes de Tressolles, wife of Jean Saulnier.
  • Florimond-Augustin Daubois, parish priest of Toury from 1710 to 1742, left many precious annotations on the margins of his actions in the parish registers.[6]

Demographics
Population of Toury Lurcy.

The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the censuses of the population carried out in the commune since 1793. From 2006, the legal populations of the communes are published annually by INSEE.

At the 1999 census, the population was 427. On 1 January 2005, the estimate was 420.

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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Toury-Lurcy. Entre-deux-guerres. Tablier noir et sabots de bois, Jean-Louis Gonin, Impr. Barlerin, Decize, 2015.
  3. Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun: Charte N° XVIII
  4. Bulletin de la Société nivernaise des lettres, sciences et arts, volume 50, pages 12-13, 2001.
  5. Abbé Jacques-François Baudiau, Le Morvand, Nevers, 1865; 3e éd. Guénégaud, Paris, 1965, 3vol., tII, p. 152.
  6. Abbé Jacques-François Baudiau, Le Morvand, Nevers, 1865; 3e éd. Guénégaud, Paris, 1965, 3vol., tII, p. 152.



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