Coussey
Encyclopedia
Coussey is a commune
in the Vosges
department in Lorraine
in northeastern France
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Coussey the origins of the Coussey family.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Vosges
Vosges
Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
department in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
in northeastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Sights
The twelfth century church of Notre Dame (Our Lady) has a romanesque exterior while the interior is primarily in the Gothic style.Coussey the origins of the Coussey family.
Personalities
- The humorist and actor Didier Gustin grew up at Coussey.
- Pierre Grappin, the creator of a well known French-German dictionary and the faculty Dean at Nanterre who hit the headlines when he closed down his faculty as part of an escalation of the 'événements' involving students during 1968, was born at Coussey on 31 May 1915.
- Sir James Henley Coussey, Sir Henly Coussey Constitutional Committee set up in December 1949 to draw up a new Constitution for the Gold Coast.