HAUTEFAYE

'Hautefaye' is a commune of the French ''département'' Dordogne (24300), in southwestern France, approx. 120 inhabitants.

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History

Historical population

Other

References

External links

See also

History

On August 16, 1870, France was soon losing a war against Germany. Less than three weeks later, Emperor Napoleon III would be captured by the enemy and his regime immediately overthrown by a self-proclaimed Government for National Defence. At that precise moment, rural France, which had largely been faithful to Napoleon I and welcomed his nephew, was very nervous.
During a fair, somebody started a rumour accusing a young nobleman named Alain de Monéys of having betrayed the Emperor and the Nation. Both claims were in fact false, as Monéys was not a Republican and his patriotism was spotless, but a crowd gathered around him. The parish priest did try to calm the mob by offering drinks to divert their attention but, however well-meaning the effort may have been, it probably only helped get the crowd even more inebriated than they already were and therefore more dangerous. The mayor, unable to show leadership in the face of such excitement, is reported to have said "Eat him if you like". Monéys was battered and tortured for two hours. The crowd finally burnt him on the village square, probably still alive. People taking part in the killing collected fat dripping from his burning body onto bread, eating the resulting ''tartines''.
On February 6, 1871, four of the twenty-one people found guilty for the murder of Monéys were guillotined on the Hautefaye village square.

Historical population

Year	Population	Density	Percent of the canton
1962	164	-	-
1968	169	-	-
1975	146	-	-
1982	144	-	-
1990	129	-	-
1999	116	9/km²	12.75%

Other

Hautefaye has a school, a church, a park and a square.

References

★ Alain Corbin: ''Le village des "cannibales"'', Aubier, 1990

★ Georges Marbeck: ''Hautefaye, l'année terrible'', Robert Laffont, 1982.

External links

★ Hautefaye on the l'Institut Géographique National site

★ Hautefaye in the INSEE site

★ Hautefaye on the Quid site

★ Location of Hautefaye in the map of France

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★ Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available

★ Coordinates:

See also

★ Communes of the Dordogne département