Le Gorvello – One Village -- Two Communes: The Feud

Immediately following the Revolution, in the year 1790, France was organized into 83 "départements", which themselves were subdivided into "cantons" and "communes". At this point in time, Theix and Sulniac, Le Gorvello's biggest neighboring towns were attributed communes of their own. However, the landmark chosen to separate one neighboring commune from the other was none other than the stream that runs straight through the middle of Le Gorvello! However real the administrative division between communes is, Gorvello Café, with its garden and terrace located in Sulniac and its bar situated in Theix, is the perfect example of how the village works around such artificial boundaries.