L’ORMEAU DE SULLY

The ‘Ormeau de Sully’ (Sully's elm), which towers over the heart of the village of Villesèquelande, Place de l'Ormeau, is impressive due to its size. At one metre from the ground, it is 6 m in circumference and 1.90 m in diameter. Designated a ‘Remarkable Tree of France’, this field elm was planted 400 years ago following the Wars of Religion at the end of the 16th century and on the orders of Sully, a Minister and friend of Henri IV, and an advocate for agriculture. Most of its fellow local trees died out in the 1980s, victims of disease (graphiosis), but this one is still standing proudly thanks in no small part to the care it has received since then from a team from the local authority.
In December 2021, the village decided to create the designation of ‘Village de l'arbre’ (Tree Village). From now on, the Ormeau de Sully will always be the heart and soul of ‘Villesèquelande, Village de l'arbre’.