commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Haute-Saône
Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
region
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of
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in eastern
France
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.
History
In 1389, a dispute arose over the rights to
mint coins
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The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins. In the beginning, hammered coinage or cast coinage were the chief means of coin minting ...
between the
Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...
, 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
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* 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).
* Charles Marie Albert Travelet.Acte de décès numéro 40 du registre des décès de la commune de Gy pour l'année 1885.
File:Gy, le château.jpg, The Château de Gy
File:Gy, la grande fontaine.jpg, The Grande fontaine de Gy