Toury-Lurcy


Toury-Lurcy is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.

History

From the 12th century, the village of Toury-Lurcy was one of the fiefdoms of the Counts of Thoury.
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. 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.

Notable People

The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the censuses of the population carried out in the commune since 1793. From 2006, the legal populations of the communes are published annually by INSEE.
At the 1999 census, the population was 427. On 1 January 2005, the estimate was 420.