Villiers-Herbisse


Villiers-Herbisse is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

Population

Geography

Villiers-Herbisse is located at the intersection of the Route Départementale 10 and the Route Départementale 198. North is the village of Semoine and south the village of Herbisse. The Herbissonne, a small stream 14 km long, ends in the Aube and has its origin in Villiers-Herbisse.
Local resources and productions are related to agriculture, mainly grain and intensive agriculture.

History

The village is called Villiers-sur-Herbisse until the 18th Century when it becomes Villiers-Herbisse.
Louis de Clermont d'Amboise, marquis de Reynel, died there on November 3, 1615 after a memorable military charge.

Monuments

On the right side of the Herbissonne, surrounded by the cemetery, the Catholic church of the Assumption is a religious building registered as a Historic Monument since April 15, 1958.
The old Café Richomme, built in 1911 on the Rue de la Crayère on the left side, close to the church, the townhall and the old elementary school.
Six windmills at the border with Salon and Champfleury, the tallest being 121 m high.