Tercillat

Tercillat
Tercillat
Administration
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Châtelus-Malvaleix
Intercommunality	Petite Creuse
Mayor	Colette Streicher-Trigoust (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	329–435 m (1,079–1,427 ft) (avg. 392 m or 1,286 ft)
Land area1	13.64 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population2	172  (2008)
- Density	13 /km2 (34 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23252/ 23350
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tercillat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

The seignurie of Tercillat was held by the noble family "de Noblet" from approximately 1576 to 1720 or more.

Noblet-DE-TERSILLAC : noble family of Berry, which is written in the Armorial de France, Volume I, part. II, page 413.

Nicolas De Noblet, married Germaine de la Porte, had the following children: - 1. Fabien, then following: - 2. Jean De Noblet.

Fabien De Noblet, Squire, Lord of Villermont (Villermon), in Beauce, married on 12 May 1551 Marguerite des Moulins, daughter of Jacques, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, in Berri, including:

ANNET De Noblet, Squire, of Lord of Villermont Tersillac, Archer Company of the Duke of Montpensier and Man of Armes of that of Mr. de Rocheposay. He married December 23 1576, Antoinette Bertrand, daughter of Claude, Squire, and of Jeanne Bertrand had the following children: - i. JEAN, and follows- 2. Nicolas de Noblet, Knight of the Order of Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem.

JEAN DE Noblet, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, etc. married, July 3, 1616, Margaret Passac, daughter of Francis, Squire, of Gilberte de la Roche-Aimone. This alliance emerged:

Charles De Noblet, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, St. Paul, Malleville, etc. married, 16 August 1645, Marie Volpilliere, daughter of Hugues, Squire, of Joan Astaut. Their children were:

JACQUES DE Noblet, Squire, Lord of Tersillac, maintained in his nobility since 1550, married July 1, 1609, Catherine Bertrand, daughter of Jean-Batiste, Squire, & Louise de la Garde. From this marriage comes:

Charles De Noblet, born July 4, 1701, Page received by the King in his large stable, 30 August 1717, as proof of his nobility.

Armes: Gules, a gold Chevron a sheaf of wheat placed under the same chevron.

Claude de Noblet was buried in the chapel of St. Paul Parish Tercilhac (4), May 13, 1667

Noblet Genealogy Website

Tercillat (Tercilhac or Tersillac in Occitan) is a French commune, located in the department of Creuse and Limousin region. The feudal castle of Tercillat medieval town of 7,000 inhabitants 6, Tercilhac in Occitan, in a place called Viviers, this Chateau was a Commandery of the Knights Templar and the Order of Malta, consisting of conventual buildings, stables, oven, backyard , a fortified enclosure, towers, pits with the water, a drawbridge, a commnandeur lodgings, a chapel, flanked by moats and dungeons. It was destroyed in the French Revolution. The ruins of the castle tower only remains. Le Chateau du Puy was built with stones from the castle.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Guéret, at the junction of the D2, D88 and the D3a roads. The commune borders the Indre département.

Population

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	268	—
1968	322	+20.1%
1975	279	−13.4%
1982	225	−19.4%
1990	206	−8.4%
1999	200	−2.9%
2008	172	−14.0%

Sights

• The church, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century Château du Puy.
• The ruins of the fourteenth-century chapel of Mas-St-Paul.
• The tower of the castle of Tercillat.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Tercillat on the Quid website (French)