Toury-Lurcy

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of Toury-Lurcy

(2020–2026) Guy Hourcabie^[1]Area

25.54 km² (9.86 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

407 • Density16/km² (41/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.

Toury-Lurcy (French pronunciation: [tuʁi lyʁsi]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Notable people

Georges de Soultrait, count, regional historian, born and died at Toury (1822-1888).^[6]
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.^[7]
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.^[8]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	451	—
1975	406	−1.49%
1982	389	−0.61%
1990	442	+1.61%
1999	427	−0.38%
2009	424	−0.07%
2014	420	−0.19%
2020	409	−0.44%
Source: INSEE^[9]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun: Charte N° XVIII
^ Base Mérimée: Château, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Bulletin de la Société nivernaise des lettres, sciences et arts, volume 50, pages 12-13, 2001.
^ Abbé Jacques-François Baudiau, Le Morvand, Nevers, 1865; 3e éd. Guénégaud, Paris, 1965, 3vol., tII, p. 152.
^ Abbé Jacques-François Baudiau, Le Morvand, Nevers, 1865; 3e éd. Guénégaud, Paris, 1965, 3vol., tII, p. 152.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE