Gy, Haute-Saône

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Gy (French pronunciation: [ʒi]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Gy
Commune
Church
Coat of arms
Location of Gy
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Coordinates: 47°24′25″N 5°48′47″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Haute-Saône
Arrondissement	Vesoul
Canton	Marnay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christelle Clement[1]
Area 1	24.60 km2 (9.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,001
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	70282 /70700
Elevation	198–380 m (650–1,247 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

In 1389, a dispute arose over the rights to mint coins between the Duke of Burgundy, and the Archbishop of Besançon Guillaume de Vergy. The Bishop excommunicated the duke and several companions. In response, the Duke of Burgundy gave siege to the fortresses of Noroy and the castle of Gy. However, the Archbishop escaped via an underground passage and found refuge in Avignon where he excommunicated the count of Burgundy.^[3]

By 1801, the population of the town had reached 2,695, and peaked about a decade later. By 1901 it had dropped to 1,621 people^[4] and by 2017, only 1,049.^[5]

Landmarks

• The Château de Gyrésidence des archevêques de Besançon
• Habitat vigneron et vieux bourg médiéval
• Hôtel de ville de Gy
• Église Saint-Symphorien de Gy
• Grande fontaine de Gy
• Lavoir de Gy

Notable people

• Claude-Antoine Bolot
• Luis Francisque Lélut
• Noël André (1728-1808).^[6][7]
• Charles Marie Albert Travelet.^[8]

• 
  The Château de Gy
• 
  The Grande fontaine de Gy

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Saône department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Edouard Clerc, Essai sur l'histoire de la Franche-Comté, tome second, Bintot imprimeur-libraire, Besançon, 1846, p.221.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gy, EHESS (in French).
5. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
6. Louis Suchaux Galerie biographique du département de la Haute-Saône, Volume 1, 1864.
7. "Noel André Chrysologue". Atlascoelestis.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
8. Acte de décès numéro 40 du registre des décès de la commune de Gy pour l'année 1885.