Saulieu – Wikipedia

Saulieu is a French commune located in the department of Côte-d’Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and member of the Morvan Regional Natural Park.

In Burgundian-Morvandiau, we say Samyeu . Its inhabitants are called the Sédélociens.

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Paris is northwest (250 km ), Dijon to the east (74 km ), Beaune southeast (62 km ), Avallon to the northwest (39 km ), Autun to the south (40 km ).

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Saulieu is at a crossroads of several important departmental roads: D906 (ex-Nationale 6) D980, D977Bis, D15, D26 ^{[ first ]} . A network of small local roads serves the villages and hamlets of the town ^{[ 2 ]} .

The A6 motorway is accessible north by the Bierre-lès-Semur toll (21 km N-n-e) and south by the Pouilly-en-auxois toll (32 km to the East). The same toll of Pouilly-en Auxois is at one end of the A38 which leads to Dijon, where the A31 and the A36 intersect ^{[ first ]} .

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The closest stations are those:
D’Avallon (Cravant lines-Bazaarnes in Dracy-Saint-Loup and Avallon in Nuits-sous-Ravières: TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, SNCF freight);
de Beaune (Paris-Lyon line in Marseille-Saint-Charles: TGV, TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, SNCF freight);
and Dijon (Paris-Lyon lines in Marseille, Dijon in Is-sur-Tille, Dijon in Saint-Amour, and Dijon in Vallorbe (border): TGV Lyria, TGV, TER).

Air transport [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The Saulieu – Liernais aerodrome (leisure and tourism activities (light aviation)) is 7 km in the south-east of the city ^{[ first ]} .

The nearest airport is that of Dijon-Bourgogne.

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Saulieu is on a height: no rivers crosses the town. But many gain source in the town ^{[ 2 ]} :
To the south, the stream of the Prée is born which feeds Lake Chamboux in the neighboring town Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer;
The bathe serves as a commune limit to the southeast, and its tributary on the left bank the stream from the come to the madman cross from west to east the southern tip of the town;
The stream of Saulieu arises at the foot of the town and moves away to the east to also join the bathers in neighboring Villargoix;
To the northeast the Champmonin stream feeds the premium pond before leaving the town for that of Villargois;
The Argentelet was born west of the town and goes up north, fueling four ponds before joining the town of Saint-Didier.

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Saulieu is a flowery city.

Typology [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Saulieu is a rural commune because it is one of the municipalities that are not very little dense, in the sense of the municipal grid of density of INSEE ^{[ Note 1 ] , [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] , [ 5 ]} .
It belongs to the urban unit of Saulieu, a monocommunal urban unit ^{[ 6 ]} 2,413 inhabitants in 2017, constituting an isolated city ^{[ 7 ] , [ 8 ]} .
The municipality is also outside the attraction of cities ^{[ 9 ] , [ ten ]} .

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The occupation of the soils of the municipality, as it emerges from the European Database for Biophysics of Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of agricultural territories (59.1% in 2018) , however decreasing compared to 1990 (60.9%). The detailed distribution in 2018 is as follows:
Prairies (53.1%), forests (34%), urbanized areas (5.9%), heterogeneous agricultural zones (4.7%), arable land (1.3%), media with shrub and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.2%) ^{[ 11 ]} .

The IGN also provides an online tool to compare the evolution over time of the soil occupation of the municipality (or territories to different scales). Several eras are accessible in the form of aerial cards or photos: the Cassini card ( XVIII ^{It is} century), the staff map (1820-1866) and the current period (1950 to today) ^{[ twelfth ]} .

The name of the locality is attested in the forms Siduo (milestone); Sidolocus At II ^{It is} century (Desjardins, table by Peutinger, p. 30); Seat or Sidoloucum At II ^{It is} century (Desjardins, Table de Peutinger, p. 30, according to Antonin’s route); Sedelaucus At IV ^{It is} Siecle (Couragny, II, P. 110, of Aprèn Marcellin, L. xVi, CHAP. II); Seat At IX ^{It is} century (wolf of Ferrières); Sedeloco Vico at the Merovingian era (Prou, Merovingian currency, p. 37); [Place of St. Andochii] Sidelocense in 722 (Cartulaire de Flavigny, Bouhier copy, p. 2); [Androchius] Sedeloco en 877-879 (Law, docum., P. 9); Sedilocus in 1223 (G 3347); Saaleu in 1269 (Fontenay, H 582); Saulieu in 1399 (Lex, invent., H 1527) ^{[ 13 ]} .

Xavier Delamarre Analysis Sid-Loucoum , on Location “Lake”, maybe originally * shines without labialization ^{[ 14 ]} . The old Irish has loch , genitive locho “Lake, marshes, sea of ​​the sea” ^{[ 14 ]} . The Welshman dusty “Lac” and Breton loc’h “Pond, Marais” are borrowed from the old Irishman ^{[ 14 ]} . Evolution in -place is regular in the language of Oïl and is similar to that of Latin locus > French place . The first element Been- ( Siduo ) can represent the original toponym and is not explained by this author ^{[ 14 ]} .

The territory of the commune was inhabited from the Gallo-Roman era as evidenced by the engraved stelae and tombs found on the hills which dominate the current commune, as well as its name inscribed on the table of Petinger.

To XII ^{It is} And XIII ^{It is} centuries, the feudal family of Saulieu, vassal of the bishops of Autun, directs the city: Guillaume I ^is Around 1147 (knight), Guillaume II around 1198 (knight, lord of Montbroin, viscount and mayor of Saulieu), Geoffroy around 1252 (knight, viscount and mayor of Saulieu), then Guillaume III around 1276 (knight, viscount and mayor of Saulieu ). The only daughter of Guillaume III de Saulieu, last representative of the Viscount elder branch, married Ponce de Téchery and sold the viscounty in 1288.

In 1359, during the Hundred Years War, the city was burned by English troops.

From 1409, the bishop of Autun had the city walls rebuilt ^{[ 15 ]} . This same century, a hospital was founded ^{[ 16 ]} .

Saulieu, a small shopping city has in the Middle Ages of a market in which cereals are negotiated (wheat, barley, oats, rye, meteil) and two annual fairs there ^{[ 15 ]} . At XVI ^{It is} century, it is an important center for tanning and pelletterie ^{[ 15 ]} .

Located on the single-way line of Cravant-Bazarnes (Yonne) in Dracy-Saint-Loup (Saône-et-Loire), Saulieu benefited from the train for travelers from 1882 to November 2011 .

During the Second World War, Saulieu was released the September 10, 1944 , when the 2 ^{It is} Dragons regiment (landed in Provence) and the U.S. 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) landed in Normandy make their junction in the town ^{[ 17 ] , [ 18 ]} .

Blasment of traditional (but recent) weapons of the city of Saulieu:

Coating: Gules to the silver sword garnished with gold, accompanied by three lis flowers of the same, one in chief, one with dexter and one in Sénestre.

Malta-Brun, in Illustrated France (1882) proposes: meanwhile:

‘ Gules, to a silver sword placed in PAL, the gold guard. »

And for motto:

« H Is armor . H Ae arms .

(So ​​without lis flowers). »»

The Tacot du Morvan [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

At the beginning of XX ^{It is} century, the town was served by the nicknamed line Tacot Du Morvan: the railway from Corbigny to Saulieu.

Its terminus station was located alongside the PLM link station. The line then had two other judgments in the commune to the localities the furnace And Monitor .

Travelers traffic was stopped the 15 mars 1939 .

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The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses made in the municipality since 1793. From 2006, the legal populations of the municipalities are published annually by INSEE. The census is now based on an annual information collection, successively concerning all the municipal territories during a period of five years. For municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants, a census survey relating to the entire population is carried out every five years, the legal populations of the intermediate years being estimated by interpolation or extrapolation ^{[ 22 ]} . For the municipality, the first exhaustive census falling within the framework of the new system was carried out in 2008 ^{[ 23 ]} .

In 2020, the town had 2,346 inhabitants ^{[ Note 2 ]} , decreased by 5.37%compared to 2014 (Côte-d’Or: +0.7%, France excluding Mayotte: +13%).

The Saulieu hospital, at 2 rue Courtépépe, was founded at XV ^{It is} century ^{[ 16 ]} .

Industry [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

An important leather goods factory of the leather goods group Thomas is installed in Saulieu and has 180 employees in 2018 ^{[ 26 ]} .

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When the travelers left the morning of Paris for Lyon by the N 6 , Saulieu became the stage for lunch. Among the restaurants of the city, the Côte d’Or, 3 stars in the Michelin guide, by Alexandre Dumaine, Bernard Loiseau then Patrick Bertron is a gastronomic institution which has managed to transcend over time the tests like the commissioning of ‘ A6 , of the TGV and the succession of the great chiefs.
The other renowned restaurants in the city are the Hostellerie de la Tour d’Asois , The next , and the Sedelocian .
The Parisian coffee contributes to the animation of the main shopping street since 1832.

Saulieu has been part of the Morvan Regional Natural Park since its creation in 1970.

Due to its efforts for the quality of its night environment, the town was labeled “1 star city” , in 2013 ^{[ 27 ]} . The label is awarded by the National Association for the Protection of Heaven and the Nocturnal Environment (ANPCEN) and has 5 levels. A panel, arranged at the entrances to the city, indicates this distinction.

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  Hospital.

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  Home.

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  Home.

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  The Pompon bull.

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  Tour d’Asois.

• Hugues de Saulieu, first bailiff of Burgundy County.
• Edmond de Saulieu, abbot of Clairvaux at XVI ^{It is} century
• Claude Sallier, philologist, of the French Academy
• Claude Courtépée, historian,
• Marcel Roclore, doctor and politician,
• François Pompon, (1855-1933) sculptor,
• Jean-Émile Courtois, ( 8 mars 1907 in Paris – December 9, 1990 ), professor of pharmacy and former president of the National Pharmacy Academy, belongs to the Courtois family, dynasty of five generations of pharmacists in Saulieu,
• Alexandre Dumaine, cook,
• Jean-Claude Delafon, soldier, business manager,
• Ernest Boursier-Mougenot, plastic artist, gardens historian, garden writer,
• Yves Afonso, actor,
• Bernard Loiseau, cook ( January 13, 1951 – February 24, 2003 ),
• Patrick Bertron, cook,
• Charlotte Builds, animaterice TV
• Myriam Motteau, world climbing champion
• Michelle Coquillat, essayist

• Racing Club Saulieu (rugby club).
• Chipies (women’s rugby section).
• Cycling Club Saulieu (organizer of “Ride The Morvan”, mountain bike hike which takes place on the last weekend in July crisscrossing the landscapes of the Morvan).
• Saulieu Basket Club (Basketball club).
• Morvandelle Sports Agreement (football club)

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