Prisches
Prisches | |
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 The church in Prisches | |
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Location of Prisches  | |
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| Coordinates:50°04′51″N3°46′03″E/ 50.0808°N 3.7675°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Intercommunality | Cœur de l'Avesnois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Claude Fovez[1] |
| Area 1 | 23.11 km2(8.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,043 |
| • Density | 45/km2(120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59474/59550 |
| Elevation | 153–202 m (502–663 ft) |
| 1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Prisches(French pronunciation:[pʁiʃ]) is acommunein theNorddepartmentin northernFrance.[3]
History
[edit]Catharina Trico, born at Prisches (then part of theSpanish Netherlands) emigrated in the early 17th Century toAmsterdam.On January 13, 1624, she - 18 years old at the time - married a fellow Walloon immigrant, Joris Raparlie fromValenciennes,the record of their marriage surviving in Amsterdam archives. The two of them soon afterwards boarded a Dutch ship bound for North America and were among the founders and original inhabitants ofNew Amsterdam- which eventually became the presentNew York City.Further surviving documents indicate that Catharina and Joris had eleven children, that he died in 1662 but that she was still alive in 1680 - when an English missionary encountered her onLong Islandas an old matriarch with 145 descendants. Genealogists estimate that more than a million people now living, in the US and elsewhere, can trace their descent to her.[4]
Heraldry
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The arms of Prisches areblazoned: Azure, a fess Or.(Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre,Borre,Morbecque,Prisches,CazilhacandAubièreuse the same arms.)
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^INSEE commune file
- ^The documents telling the story of Catharina Trico and Joris Raparlie are described in detail byRussell Shortoin "Amsterdam, A History of the World's Most Liberal City",Doubleday,2013, Ch.7
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