Guercheville

Guercheville is made up of two distant parts: the village and the hamlet of Buisson, which the new constructions tend to bring closer together. Under the old regime, the village and the hamlet constituted different seigneuries.

Surrounded by fertile land that has been cultivated since the Bronze Age, the village belonged to Lord Philippe de Nemours at the end of the 12th century. He probably owned a castle there, which was rebuilt or transformed over the centuries before being destroyed in 1850. The dovecote is all that remains.

The church of Our Lady of the Assumption is the remnant of the chapel of the old castle. It was rebuilt and extended in the early 16th century. A restoration of the wall paintings carried out between 1982 and 1984 brought to light frescoes on the north wall of the nave. 

Guercheville had only 200 inhabitants in 1962, whereas there were more than 400 in the middle of the 19th century. Unprofitable farms and poorly maintained houses prompted the mayor to contact the state and departmental services in 1963. He proposed to undertake a general action in favor of the renovation of the village and to make it a true "Village-Pilote". The inauguration took place in September 1966 in the presence of numerous personalities.

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