English Page History - Second Part

Voici la seconde partie de la rubrique historique en anglais.
Vos pouvez retrouver le total sur la Page Anglaise qui a évolué : plus de paysages hivernaux, mais quelques fleurs printanières ! Nous la mettrons à jour périodiquement.
Nous tenons à cette occasion à remercier Andrew Williams de London, ami du webmestre,  qui corrige notre texte.
La difficulté avec la langue écrite britannique ce sont les expressions idiomatiques.
Par exemple dans le présent message l'expression : "... and almost all the newly built houses fit in well."


Prochaine partie pour cette page : "The Heritage" (le patrimoine)




The revolutionary period.

The local nobility were robbed of their property.

The priests were harshly persecuted.

But the rest of the population did not suffer severely.

At that time there were 452 inhabitants in Voillans : 

we produced oats, wheat, rye, and reared cattle, sheep and horses.

Second Empire Earth 

Voillans produced iron ore and operated two quarries there. 

Requisitions made during the War of 1870 ruined the inhabitants. 

The village lost population from 1850, in 1975 there were only 96 inhabitants.

The village in 1906

Twentieth century

In the first World War the population of 260 lost ten young soldiers.

In the second World War only one young soldier was killed. 

The village was liberated by US troops on the night of September 8/9, 1944, without loss.

Since then the village has seen a spectacular revival.

Old houses have been restored and almost all the newly built houses fit in well.

Old and new ones

Rappel