Meix Fleuris

Facing the Espace Paul Orssaud, a covered passageway provides access to the primarily commercial area of the Meix Fleuris.

This passage is dedicated to Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey (1779-1851), born in Jallanges (Côte d'Or), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Joseph;she was the founder of the congregation of the nuns of Saint Joseph of Cluny and became famous overseas, especially in Guyana, in the assistance to slaves in order to free them. At the end of the passage, one can see Toussaint Louverture (circa 1743-1803), a freed slave who became a planter in Haiti and leader of the revolution in this French colony;volution in this French colony, arrested and interned at Fort de Joux (Doubs) in 1802, where he died before he could experience the actual independence of his country in 1804.

The Meix Fleuris neighborhood was built on a space previously occupied by fields, which testifies to the urban growth of Genlis at that time. In the 80's, the new developments of the Meix Fleuris had the ambition to create a city center, a lung of commercial activity with houses and shops located on the ground floor of the new buildings. The Zone d'Aménagement Concert&e;e (ZAC) « Les Meix Fleuris » was created by municipal decree on June 9, 1983 and completed on December 4, 2006. The main entrance to Les Meix Fleuris, accessible from Rue Centrale de Genlis, was originally a pedestrian entrance and is formed by the Cours des Martyrs de la Résistance, from which one arrives at the place des Droits de l'Homme.