Toury-Lurcy () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.INSEE commune file
History From the 12th century, the village of Toury-Lurcy (formerly Thoriacum or Toriaco) was one of the fiefdoms of the Counts of Thoury (hence its name).
In 1161, the bishop of Nevers, Bernard of Saint-Saulge, recognized by letters sent to the abbot of St. Martin, Autun, that this church in his diocese was the property of the abbey, which was confirmed in 1164 by a bull of Pope Alexander III, then a refugee in France.Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Martin d'Autun: Charte N° XVIII The family of Richard de Soultrait were the local lords.
The town was created in 1823 from the merger of Toury and Lurcy-sur-Abron.
The Château de Toury-Lurcy, rebuilt in 1776 on a medieval site, is classified and registered as a historical monument.
Notable people Georges de Soultrait, count, regional historian, born and died at Toury (1822–1888).Bulletin de la Société nivernaise des lettres, sciences et arts, volume 50, pages 12-13, 2001. Agnes de Tressolles, wife of Jean Saulnier. Florimond-Augustin Daubois, parish priest of Toury from 1710 to 1742, left many precious annotations on the margins of his actions in the parish registers.Abbé Jacques-François Baudiau, Le Morvand, Nevers, 1865; 3e éd. Guénégaud, Paris, 1965, 3vol., tII, p. 152.
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See also Communes of the Nièvre department
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