Broyes

Broyes lies near Sézanne in the western part of Champagne. It gave its name to a noble family whose lords held lands in the region during the Middle Ages. The village had a castle and two churches, one collegiate and one parochial. In 1580, during the Wars of Religion, Protestant troops burned the village, its castle and its church. The barony was subsequently acquired by the Barbin family, who held it in the seventeenth century.