Ihe weight of history at the center of a mobilization to save the grave of a general of Napoleon. As reported by France 3 regions, a municipal councilor from Incarville, in the Eure, decided to do everything possible to preserve an old municipal tomb dating from 1854, left abandoned and which had to be removed to make room to a new grant. This last residence is that of Count François-Marie Clément de la Roncière, former mayor of the town but also general of the Emperor Napoleon.
“Count Clément de La Roncière was a general of Napoleon Bonaparte who took part in the Italian and German campaigns. He was wounded in Bavaria in 1809 where he lost an arm. He then came to settle in Incarville in 1837 and lived here for 17 years, in the two castles of the village, ”explains municipal councilor Byron Ferry to our colleagues.
An engraving on the Arc de Triomphe
To honor his memory, the municipality therefore decided to renovate the tomb of the man who worked a lot for Incarville. “He was mayor, but above all a benefactor of the town by donating land and financing, out of his own money, the first school town hall and a nursery school, by paying the teacher’s salary”, emphasizes Byron Ferry. The name of Count François-Marie Clément de la Roncière also appears on the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile in Paris.
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In total, the costs of restoring the burial should cost nearly 14,000 euros. The heritage foundation, the department of Eure and the community of municipalities have received a request for funding. The file is now on the table of these institutions while the work should begin at the beginning of the summer.