Cussy-en-Morvan
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 A view of the church and village surroundings in Cussy-en-Morvan | |
Location of Cussy-en-Morvan  | |
  Cussy-en-Morvan  Cussy-en-Morvan | |
| Coordinates: 47°05′25″N 4°09′51″E / 47.0903°N 4.1642°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Autun |
| Canton | Autun-1 |
| Intercommunality | CC du Grand Autunois Morvan |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Norbert Estienne[1] |
Area 1 | 34.77 km2 (13.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 363 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 71165 /71550 |
| Elevation | 365–720 m (1,198–2,362 ft) (avg. 485 m or 1,591 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cussy-en-Morvan (French pronunciation: [kysi ɑ̃ mɔʁvɑ̃]; lit. "Cussy-in-Morvan"), commonly referred to simply as Cussy, is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France.
It is located some 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Autun, in the heart of Morvan Regional Natural Park. As of 2019, Cussy-en-Morvan had a population of 378. It covers an area of 34.77 km2 (13.42 sq mi).
It is situated on the departmental border with both Nièvre and Côte-d'Or at Gien-sur-Cure and the Ménessaire exclave, respectively.
History
[edit]Georges Leyton (code name Socrate), "one of the most popular leaders of the Resistance of the Morvan" in World War II, was buried in the local cemetery in Cussy-en-Morvan on 12 August 1944, after being shot by German occupying forces near the nearby village of La Celle-en-Morvan.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ (in French) "LEYTON Georges, Édouard (dit Socrate), fusilles-40-44.maitron.fr.
- ^ (in French) Georges Leyton (1912-1944), data.bnf.fr.
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