If your home is located in a voyotte, there is no doubt that you live in the Grand Est;
maybe you are a Bragard, a resident of Saint-Dizier, or a Barisien, a resident of Bar-le-Duc.
The voyottes are alleys which once served the vines and the gardens located behind the houses.
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A blog on the Neobragard site informs us of this text: "
In Old streets, old stones of Saint-Dizier by Canon C. Petit (republished in 1986), the Grande Rue du faubourg de la Noue, the current avenue de the Republic, is described as follows in the 18th century: It is the largest artery of Saint-Dizier, further increased in its oldest part by numerous open courtyards behind the houses on the edge: there are approximately 41 on the right and 45 on the on the left, which contribute neither to the aesthetics nor to the hygiene of the district and which are accessed by alleys, the famous voyottes of the Noue, doubtless old paths * which once gave access to the vineyards and gardens; they are lined with miserable lodgings, some of which never see a ray of sunshine.
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"Voyette"
In other regions, the voyotte is transformed into a voyette whose definition Le Trésor de la langue française gives us: “
Small path that allows you to cut through fields instead of using the road.
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On leaving the village, we took the voyettes across the fields.
(Marie-Paul Armand – La Cense aux larks)
*The Trotte-Voyottes are an association of Barisian hikers.
Excerpt from
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