Aristide Bruant
Aristide Bruant was born on May 6, 1851 in Courtenay and died February 11, 1925 in Paris. He is a French songwriter and writer. His popular songs, his stage presence, his husky and powerful voice and his stature have made him a monument of realistic French song.
He is also considered one of the greatest slang poets of the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was one of the creators of the realistic song, movement which lasted until the middle of the 20th century with in particular Édith Piaf as one of the last performers.
The Whips Oil Mill
The Whips Oil Mill is a diversification of the family farm. Located in the Gâtinais French, it offers you quality farm-produced oil. Rapeseed and sunflower seeds are produced on the family farm.
They are cold pressed, unrefined and unfiltered. The Fouets oil mill also offers virgin walnut, hazelnut and carnation oil.
The Arcade restaurant
Place Armand Chesneau in Courtenay, at Restaurant l’Escale , Carole and Pascal Guauguerry offers quality traditional cuisine.
An unbeatable value for money. Add Carole’s smile and Pascal’s kind words … a real favorite France Bleu Auxerre !
Courtenay’s family
Around the year 1000, Hutton took advantage of the war of succession in Burgundy between Robert II the Pious and Otte-Guillaume de Bourgogne to seize land in Gâtinais (Loiret), on which he built the Château de Courtenay. .
His son Josselin de Courtenay has three sons, including Miles de Courtenay and Josselin Ier de Courtenay-Edesse. A family that we then find throughout the Yonne as in Druyes les Belles Fontaines or Auxerre, but also in Palestine and England.
Today the blood of Courtenays is in all noble families from the Middle Ages.
Greed
TO “Greed”, Place Armand Chesneau, Laurent Campino is a pastry chef, chocolate maker, confectioner and ice cream maker. Trained at CIFA d’Auxerre, he is passionate about… chocolate.
A shop where know-how is king… specialties to be tasted urgently. We tested with happiness!