Circuit de découverte de Saint-Ciergues

Despite the presence of some fifteen Neolithic settlement sites on the plateau overlooking the village, it was the passage of a secondary Roman road to Beauchemin, where the main road from Langres to Bar-Sur-Aube passed, that facilitated the settlement of a sedentary population in Saint-Ciergues during the Merovingian period, as evidenced by the large contemporary cemetery around the church.
At that time, the territory of Saint-Ciergues, like many other villages in the surrounding area, was part of the "episcopal mense", as shown by the anniversary of the bishop of Langres Godefroi de la Roche (a relative of St-Bernard) in 1163, founded on the revenues of Saint-Ciergues...