The Coiffy-le-Haut church estate originally belonged to the Choiseul family, then to the Nogent family and, in 1104, Renier II de Nogent gave it to the Varennes priory. In 1250, the latter joined forces with the Count of Champagne, who built a fortress there. This was the starting point for the village, whose tithes were collected by the Prior of Varennes. The church of Notre-Dame-en-sa-Nativité has a choir dating back to 1420 and the rest of the church was burnt down in 1638 by the Comtois and Lorrains. The bell tower was rebuilt in 1762 and the nave enlarged when the church was rebuilt in 1855 (a Latin inscription under the porch recalls these construction stages). |The church is an elongated sandstone building with a three-span nave of six bays preceded by a tower-porch. The latter is flanked by two chapels and crowned by a zinc-covered imperial roof topped by a bell tower. The spiral staircase is built into the south-east pier of the bell tower. The nave's three sections are covered by a single roof. The choir comprises two straight bays and a three-sided apse. The last right-hand bay and the apse are covered by a six-quarter rib vault. It is framed by two sacristies (the main sacristy is to the south). Chapels are attached to the walls of the first bay of the choir, but also open onto the side aisles.
Eglise Notre-Dame-en-sa-Nativité de Coiffy-le-Haut
