Torfou (the Essonne)

Torfou is a common French, located in the department of the the Essonne and the area Île-de-France. Its inhabitants is called Torfoliens and Torfoliennes.

History

Torfou comes from torfeuil which ve to say shakes the sheets.

Few historical facts are known. Torfou at summer entirely built according to the orders of the king Louis VI known as " the gros". The lack of water always posed problem, only one well existed in the center of the village.

A telegraph Chappe was installed; for this purpose, one dismounted the top of the bell-tower of the church. The remained installation places from there until in 1886, the following year, an allowance was versed to restore the bell-tower in its initial form.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Notre-Dame Church: the Middle Ages

Personalities related to the commune

the doctor Pinel , born in 1745, living the castle, which it first, stated the principle that the " aliénés" were not dangerous people and could recover a certain freedom. Sympathizer of the revolutionary ideas, it disapproved his excesses, in particular protecting Condorcet which it sheltered at his place. In 1793, it is named head doctor at the Bicêtre hospital, which enables him to escape worst.

See too

Communes of the Essonne
Torfou is also the name of a commune of Maine-et-Loire

External bonds

Torfou on the site of the national geographical Institute
Torfou on the site of INSEE
Torfou on the site of Quid
Localization of Torfou on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Torfou on Mapquest

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