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Planey

Lost village Canton of Jura · District: Franches-Montagnes · Uninhabited site (lost village, municipality of Saint-Brais)
Part of the municipality of Saint-Brais
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Origin of the name Planey

Planey is mentioned in 1139 among the possessions of the chapter of Saint-Ursanne. The spelling « Planay » is also found. Where does the name come from? That is still unknown.[1][2]

Founding of Planey

In the 13th century it was the centre of the parish to which Saint-Brais belonged. Planey is said to have been burned in 1637 by French soldiers, during the Thirty Years' War, and then disappeared. The present village of Saint-Brais grew up around the parish church of Saint-Brice. The site of Planey lies east of the present village, in the municipality of Saint-Brais. It is not known when or how Planey was founded.[1]

History of Planey

1139. On 14 April Planey appears among the possessions of the chapter of Saint-Ursanne: this is its first mention.[1][2]

13th century. Saint-Brais belongs to the parish of Planey.[3]

1275. Saint-Brais, in the form « Sem Bris », is cited as a dependency of the village of Planey.[1]

1637. Planey is said to have been burned by French soldiers; the village later disappears.[1]

1951. Jean Desbois publishes « Les nymphes de Planey » in the Franc-Montagnard (reprinted in 1968).[2]

1983. Georges Jeanbourquin, former parish priest of Saint-Brais, publishes « Les derniers jours de Planay (Saint-Brais) ».[2]

1987. Georges Jeanbourquin publishes a work on Saint-Brais and the lost village of Planey. Maxime Jeanbourquin goes « à la recherche de Planey, village disparu en la Franche-Montagne des Bois ».[2][4]

2012. Jacqueline Boillat-Baumeler devotes an article in the « Sur les traces des archéologues » column of the Quotidien jurassien to « Planey, village oublié ».[2]

Historic sites in Planey

Church of Saint-Brice in Saint-Brais. Parish church around which the village of Saint-Brais grew after Planey disappeared. The present church dates from 1765.[1][3]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Saint-Brais » (François Schifferdecker, François Kohler), version du 13.07.2020
  2. Denis Moine, Chronologie jurassienne, « Planey »
  3. Jura Tourisme, « Église Saint-Brice, Saint-Brais »
  4. Dictionnaire du Jura, « Jeanbourquin, Georges » (Emma Chatelain)
  5. geo.admin.ch (swisstopo), recherche de lieux « St-Brais »

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