Le Thyl
Le Thyl
Lo Tëzh (Savoyard) | |
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Location of Le Thyl | |
  Le Thyl Location within France  Le Thyl Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 45°13′28″N 6°29′29″E / 45.22446°N 6.49142°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Modane |
| Intercommunality | Maurienne-Galibier |
| Commune | Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne |
| Population (2023)[1] | 36 |
| Demonym | Les Thyllerains |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 73140 |
| Elevation | 1,350 m (4,430 ft) |
Le Thyl (official name: Thyl,[2][3] Savoyard: Lo Tëzh)[4] is a former commune in the Maurienne valley, in the Savoie department of southeastern France. It was attached to the commune of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne on 13 September 1972 and has since had the status of an associated commune.[2]
Geography
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Le Thyl is located on the right bank of the Arc, on the southern slope of Mont Bréquin, above Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and west of Orelle.[5]: 79
The former commune consisted of the villages of Le Thyl, sometimes called Thyl-Dessus, the chief village at an altitude of about 1,350 m, as well as Thyl-Dessous and La Traversaz. The two other villages, Bois-Dessus and Bois-Dessous, were destroyed during the Second World War.[6]
Toponomy
According to Adolphe Gros, early forms of the name include Ecclesia de Tilio in the 12th century, de Tillio in 1200, Parrochia Tillie in 1416, Parrochia Tillii in 1460, and Curatus de Tillia in the 14th century.[5]: 559
The place name appears to derive from Tilia, meaning lime tree or linden tree, probably referring to a place where such trees grew.[5]: 559 The Swiss Romance philologist Paul Aebischer instead connected tey with the local patois word tê, meaning “roof”, from Latin tectum.[7]
History
The earliest mention of Le Thyl concerns its church, Ecclesia de Tilio, dated to the 12th century in the Cartulaire de Maurienne.[5]: 559 [8] The document, which is undated, records that the prior of Saint-Michel-de-la-Cluse in the Susa Valley gave the church of Le Thyl to the canons of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in exchange for the church of Saint-Sulpice at Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne.[8]
The first known mention of the villages of Le Bois dates from 1475, in a land register of Orelle, under the Latin forms In Boscho superiore and In Bosco Inferiore / In comba Nemoris inferioris.[5]: 65
On 5 September 1944, the villages of Bois-Dessus and Bois-Dessous were burned by the Wehrmacht searching for members of the Maquis. The attack caused 15 deaths. A memorial was inaugurated in 2004.[9]
The communes of Le Thyl and Beaune were attached to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne by prefectural decree on 13 September 1972.[10][11]
Demographics
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Local culture and heritage
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Dolmen.
Megalithic heritage
An archaeological trail has been created on the territory of the former commune. It includes a significant megalithic heritage, including an engraved rock at Thyl-Dessous and cup-marked stones above the chief village. The so-called dolmen near the chief village is actually a collapsed rockfall block, and its human occupation has not been established.[13]
Church and chapels
The Church of Saint Lawrence is a former parish church dedicated to Saint Lawrence.[10] It was consecrated on 11 August 1867. The Association for the Protection of the Heritage of Le Thyl undertook its restoration, which was completed in 2017 after about ten years of work.[14]
Each village had a chapel, and most of their objects have been stored in the church. These include:
Oratories
References
- 1 2 "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- 1 2 Commune associée de Thyl, INSEE.
- 1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Thyl, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ p.144 - Patois du Thyl
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gros, Adolphe (2004) [1935]. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu de la Savoie (in French). La Fontaine de Siloé. ISBN 978-2-84206-268-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Association de sauvegarde du patrimoine du Thyl. Le Thyl. Un patrimoine à découvrir (brochure) (in French). p. 4.
- ↑ Suter, Henry. "Le Thyl". Noms de lieux de Suisse romande, Savoie et environs (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- 1 2 Billiet, Alexis (1861). Chartes du diocèse de Maurienne (in French). Vol. 1. Chambéry: Imprimerie de Puthod fils. pp. 12–13.
- ↑ Association de sauvegarde du patrimoine du Thyl. Le Thyl. Un patrimoine à découvrir (brochure) (in French). p. 4.
- 1 2 "Thyl (Le)". Sabaudia.org (in French). Archives départementales de la Savoie et de la Haute-Savoie. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne". Sabaudia.org (in French). Archives départementales de la Savoie et de la Haute-Savoie. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE
- ↑ "Pierre dit le Dolmen du Thyl [STTHYL]". T4T35 Mégalithes du monde (in French). 7 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ La Rédaction (13 August 2017). "Une visite de l'église Saint-Laurent du Thyl est organisée, aujourd'hui". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
Further reading
Brocard, Michèle; Messiez-Poche, Maurice; Dompnier, Pierre (1983). Histoire des communes savoyardes: La Maurienne – Chamoux – La Rochette (in French). Vol. 3. Roanne: Éditions Horvath. p. 558. ISBN 978-2-7171-0289-5.