Presentation

Presentation:

Yerres… of course, we know it, our city, we have been living there for more or less a long time. Its neighborhoods and streets (and their names!), its buildings, its parks, are familiar to us. We can be satisfied by that and not wonder about their origins.

The fact remains that Yerres was not always as we can see it today. The rural village has become a substantial agglomeration, influenced more and more by the extension of the nearby capital. Alongside strictly local events, as a commune in France, it has experienced changes in all areas, whether it be demography, administration in the broad sense, economic activity and the environment. It has lived more or less the great episodes of national history, wars and invasions.

Hence the idea, to enrich our knowledge of these transformations, to set up a study group (informal, at least initially), the Société d'Histoire d'Yerres, Yerres Historical Society, bringing together a few Yerrois of good will and diverse backgrounds. With the modest ambition of shedding light on certain aspects of our more or less distant past, the subjects presented being chosen by the authors according to their centers of interest and, obviously, the sources available. History seen through the small end of the telescope? Rather the collection and use of documents and testimonies, which may be of interest to the people of Yerrois and possibly be used later for larger projects.

The Yerres Historical Society being limited in its means, its studies will be freely available on its website. Hoping that it will be visited and will spark a constructive and fruitful dialogue between readers and authors.

Some of our members preparing
the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Yerres.

Founders :
Gilles Baumont, André Bourachot, Véronique Gossiôme-Roncin, Didier Leroy, Michel Mella, Patrice Meyer, Monique Patron, René Schneider, Alain Senée, Didier Simmonet, Jean-Pierre Toussaint.

Joined by: Michel Berrier, Marie Duchet, Jacques et Suzanne Boutler, Claude Valiton.

Sad news:
One of the founding members left us on February 12, 2023:

Jean-Pierre TOUSSAINT, author of numerous publications and creator of our website.

from the Journal des Yerrois of March 2023

JEAN-PIERRE TOUSSAINT HAS LEFT US
It is in his 81st year, on February 12th, that Jean-Pierre Toussaint, a native of Yerrois, left us after a long illness.
Very attached to the city's heritage, Jean-Pierre Toussaint distinguished himself by his volunteer work for many years in the context of visits to the Caillebotte property and by his dedication to very active historical research. Jean-Pierre was also a member of the Yerres Historical Society. We will not forget his sense of service to all generations.
The Municipality sends its most sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Two prominent members of our association passed away on June 11, 2022.

Susanne BOUTLER, invested, among other activities, in the Yerres-Mendig twinning;
Monique PATRON, author of several publications on our site and in the Journal des Yerrois nº 244, 252, 268.

We share the pain of their families.