commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.department in northern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Janville-en-Beauce.
Name
The name Le Puiset comes from
Latin
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'' puteus'', pit or cistern, whence French '' puits'', well. It takes its name from a local spring. In medieval sources, its name is given as ''Puteolum, Puteacum, Pusiacum, Puisiacum'' or ''Pusatum'' in Latin and as ''Puisat'' or ''Puysiax'' (among others) in French. Its inhabitants were called ''Puteacenses''.
History
In the
Middle Ages
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it was the site of a lordship within the County of Blois and Chartres. The lords descended from the counts of Breteuil, and often also held the position of
viscount
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In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicia ...
Norman Conquest
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and the crusades of the 12th century, and were cousins of the dynasty of the
Kings of Jerusalem
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Godfrey of Bouillon, the first ruler of th ...