A postally unused carte postale that was printed by the Imprimerie Nouvelle of Paray-le-Monial. The card has a divided back.
Paray-le-Monial
Paray-le-Monial is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire département in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
It is nicknamed the "City of the Sacred Heart," and its inhabitants are called Parodiens and Parodiennes. The town's population in 2019 was 9,214 individuals.
Paray-le-Monial is located in the heart of the Charolais countryside, in a plain bounded by the Brionnais upland, the rivers Loire, l'Arroux and the Bourbince.
The roughly parallel Bourbince River and the Canal du Centre traverse the city from the southeast to the northwest.
The area's primary industry is agriculture, in particular beef cattle farming. The area is known for its charolais cattle.
History of Paray-le-Monial
Paray existed before the monks who gave it its surname of Le Monial, for when Count Lambert of Chalon, together with his wife Adelaide and his friend Mayeul de Cluny, founded in 973 the celebrated Benedictine priory, the borough had already been constituted. At that time an ancient temple was dedicated to the Mother of God (Charter of Paray). The Cluny monks were, from 999 to 1789, lords of the town.
Church of the Sacré-Coeur
The town is mainly known for its Romanesque Church of the Sacré-Coeur and as a place of pilgrimage. It was built from the 12th. century as a small-scale version of the Abbey of Cluny. It was finished in the 14th. century, while the cloister dates from the 18th century.
The Hôtel de Ville
The town's Hôtel de Ville, in Renaissance style, is also one of the historical monuments.
Saint Nicolas' Tower
Another major building in Paray-le-Monial, is Saint Nicolas' tower, built during the 16th. century, which hosts different exhibitions, especially mosaic exhibitions.
Émile Buisson
Paray-le-Monial was the birthplace of Émile Buisson.
Émile "Mimile" Buisson, who was born on the 19th. August 1902, was a French gangster, and French public enemy No. 1 in 1950.
A member of the French Gang des Tractions Avant, Buisson was responsible for over thirty murders and a hundred robberies. Buisson was pursued and caught by French detective of the Sûreté Nationale Roger Borniche, and was executed in 1956 by the guillotine.
Borniche's memoirs of the pursuit, Flic Story, were later made into a film of the same name in 1975, with Buisson portrayed by Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Buisson was jailed at the age of 16 for pickpocketing, swindling and possessing an offensive weapon. He was exiled to Shanghai with his brother for 5 years.
Upon returning to France, Buisson was involved in a number of crimes and murders, becoming a member of Paris' criminal organizations. He took part in a hold-up in Troyes in 1937.
In 1941 Buisson killed a passenger on board a security van during a robbery, and was captured by police during an identity check. Buisson was regarded as criminally insane, and was committed to a psychiatric hospital, only to escape in 1947 with the help of Roger Dekker.
Capture and Execution of Émile Buisson
Becoming French public enemy No. 1 in 1950, Buisson was eventually captured by Roger Borniche and was executed by guillotine on the 28th. February 1956, being buried at Ivry Cemetery.
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