(Translated automatically by program)   The Pays d'Othe ... Located on the border between the Champagne-Ardennes and Burgundy, the Pays d'Othe Aubois is bounded on the north by the river Vanne and the South by the road National 77 (Troyes, Auxerre). The Pays d'Othe, Uttta and Otta and Othe meaning "Meeting of trees" in Liguria, is very aptly named because the forest occupies about half of the territory. This hilly forest region is heavily interspersed with crops and pastures, it has abundant water resources and sources are captured to supply Paris. The Pays d'Othe, in addition to its rich landscape also has a remarkable heritage: include Notre Dame la Collégiale de Villemaur-sur-Vanne with its beautiful wooden rood-screen dated 1521, Estissac Halle (17th century), the Baltard type Aix-en-Othe hall, and cider, which is produced for a long time in this region.

A little history ...

The prehistoric period has left many traces in our region. Aix-en-Othe and its surroundings have been inhabited since prehistoric times the oldest, the presence of rivers and springs was probably instrumental in the installation of populations in our country.

Neolithic remains an important collection of Campignian, flint tools used in agriculture and from a prehistoric industry. Era characterized by the cultivation of cereals, domestication of animals, pottery, weaving, grouping villages, polishing the stone. The Neolithic is also present with a remarkable polisher called "the stone to the ten fingers" on the territory of Villemaur-on-valve.

Then the Pays d'Othe occupied around 2000 BC by a people from the East, the Ligurians, "Men of fierce energy, farmers, shepherds, loggers, hunters, fighters without fear" (R. PUJOL ). Archaeology tells us that we have wrongly attributed to the Gauls the megalithic monuments, menhirs and dolmens, as they were in the Ligurian civilization. Camille Julian attributed to the organization Ligurians Druidic cults which were celebrated in the forest. The Celts or Gauls crossed the Rhine to the 9th century BC, drove the Ligurians and occupied their territory, adopting their customs and religion.

The Pays d'Othe is a path of great migrations. The Romans borrowed the Roman road which Agrippa Othe country still bears the traces. Later, clashes between the Counts of Champagne and the Dukes of Burgundy, respectively subservient to the crowns of France and England left few vestiges of the many mansions and castles built on green space. This shows how this country is rooted in the depths of its attachments geological, archaeological and historical.

A little geography ...

The Pays d'Othe present, beside the plains of Champagne, a very characteristic. It is a hilly and green hills which are covered by forests, which cover about half of the territory. The habitat is concentrated in about twenty villages, with just over 11 000 inhabitants.

The Othe country is bordered to the north by the valley of the valve 60 passing through the N (Troyes, Sens) and south by the National 77 (Troyes, Auxerre). To the west, the boundary of the territory consists of the regional border between the Champagne-Ardennes and Burgundy which is also the boundary between the departments of Aube and Yonne. The transition from the A5 motorway from Paris to Troyes and benefitted the Pays d'Othe a very good service.

The textile industry has been present since the late eighteenth century. In Aix-en-Othe example, in 1787, there were 45 mechanical spinning cotton. In the early nineteenth century, hosiery takes over from the weaving declines. With the industrial revolution, the knitwear is growing throughout the area and creates a new life. Two structures coexist: small independent shops and factories established in the centers bourgeois who work from home workers peasants with a trade.

Following the long crisis of the textile, the territory of diversifying its economic base. The momentum is given by the services, who demonstrate a certain dynamism. The forest of Othe, antique Utta Silva, played an important economic role around the timber merchants, loggers, charcoal burners. The timber industry, agricultural activities organized on the cultivation of cereals and the revival of local production of cider from Pays d'Othe continue to structure the local economy.

Tourism in the Pays d'Othe Vallée de la Vanne :

Another activity of the Pays d'Othe, tourism, whose main assets are its forests for hiking and the production of cider.

We also discover traces of remarkable architectural and natural history, as the rood screen wooden Villemaur-sur-Vanne, a work of great interest for the history of wood carving in the sixteenth century.

The churches of the Pays d'Othe you overwhelmed by the beauty of their windows: Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Berulle, Church of St Martin-le-Ferron Rigny, Church of St Sebastian Villemoiron-en-Othe.

Markets Pays d'Othe also benefit from exceptional setting. A Estissac, the market takes place in the shadow of the magnificent hall of the seventeenth century with exposed beams. In Aix-en-Othe, a type Baltard hall built in 1889, hosts markets on Wednesday and Saturday morning, part of the 100 most beautiful markets in France.

Finally, wash well and the Pays d'Othe features and are also scattered at the discretion of the villages and hamlets.

Tourist accommodation in the Pays d'Othe revolves primarily around houses and cottages. There are also campsites and hotels. The restoration is classical with various specialties of local products.