Chésalles
Origin of the name Chésalles
Chésalles appears in 1145, and the origin of its name has not been cleared up.[1]
Founding of Chésalles
Until 1975 Chésalles remained a small farming municipality, which had passed a hundred inhabitants before stagnating. The village belonged to the parish and school district of Ependes: children walked more than 2 km through the forest four times a day, nuns taught the younger ones and a schoolmaster the older ones. Every spring the wood from the communal forest was sold at auction. Families shared several communal bread ovens and a small wood-fired communal still, and a horse-drawn snowplough, « le triangle », cleared the roads. Taxes were at the legal maximum, plus 50 francs per taxpayer. Chésalles has been part of the municipality of Marly since the merger of 1 January 1976, and one of the three alder leaves in Marly's coat of arms stands for it.[1][2]
History of Chésalles
1145. Chésalles is mentioned for the first time.[1]
1873. One of the village's communal bread ovens bears this date.[1]
1972. On the initiative of Hilaire Niclass of Chésalles and Maurice Richoz of Marly, the two municipalities open talks on coming together.[1]
1973. On 3 September a poll shows broad popular support for the merger.[1]
1975. On 22 September at 8 p.m. both assemblies vote at the same time: about 180 citizens of Marly approve with a single vote against, and the 25 citizens present in Chésalles (or 19) say yes unanimously. The Council of State and the Grand Council ratify the merger at the November session.[1]
1976. The merger takes effect on 1 January. The tax rate for Chésalles residents falls from 1.25 francs to 70 centimes per franc of cantonal tax, their children go to school in Marly from the start of the school year and the mayor of Chésalles sits for a time on Marly's municipal council.[1][2]
Population of Chésalles
Sources and references: [1]
| 1975 | 75 inhabitants in 12 households |
Historic sites in Chésalles
Chésalles business zones. Together with Corbaroche, Chésalles hosts Marly's industrial and craft zones, home to engineering workshops, metal construction firms, joiners, plumbers and roofers.[3]
Remains in Chésalles
Boundary stone by the Copy stream. A stone by the Copy stream marked the boundary between Chésalles and Marly. On 2 January 1976 four Marly councillors, the Chésalles mayor Michel Schorderet and Gilbert Brugger levered it out together, in the presence of State Councillor Rémi Brodard, the priests of Marly and Ependes-Arconciel and the folk groups La Gérinia and Le Bluet. The two mayors then planted an oak.[1]
Sources
- Commune de Marly, « Marly et Chésalles : 50 ans de vie commune ! » (Boris Sansonnens, archiviste communal, avec les souvenirs de Maurice Horner)
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Marly » (Claude Simonet, version de 1998 remaniée le 03.03.2011)
- Commune de Marly, « Industrie et artisanat »
Other villages near Chésalles
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