Cussy-en-Morvan


Cussy-en-Morvan, commonly referred to simply as Cussy, is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France.
It is located some northwest of Autun, in the heart of Morvan Regional Natural Park. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 346. It covers an area of.
It is situated on the departmental border with both Nièvre and Côte-d'Or at Gien-sur-Cure and the Ménessaire exclave, respectively.

History

Georges Leyton, "one of the most popular leaders of the Resistance of the Morvan" in World War II, was buried in the local cemetery in Cussy-en-Morvan on 12 August 1944, after being shot by German occupying forces near the nearby village of La Celle-en-Morvan.