Basseux

Geography

History

• Mentioned in the 7th century for the first time, as ‘Batsalis’ and later as Batseus and Basceu in 1277.
• In 1711, the troops of the Marquis de Hautefort, Lieutenant General of the armies of Louis XIV, pillaged the town at the time of the War of Spanish Succession.
• Between 1788 and 1789, a presbytery was built and the village had 217 inhabitants.
• On 8 April 1834, half the village was burnt down. An inscription on the gate of the church recalls the incident:

• On 1 January 1871, a skirmish took place between French Dragoons and Prussian Uhlans.

  Population

Sights

• The war cemetery.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.