chunk_id
stringlengths 5
8
| chunk
stringlengths 1
1k
|
|---|---|
1917_13 | "Drivers License" also reached number one on both Billboard Global and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, generating 130 million streams and 49,000 sales with the former, and 54.5 million streams and 12,000 sales on the latter. It marked the highest weekly streaming total in the world for a song by a female artist, with 130.06 million streams, surpassing the 130.042 million sum for Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You". The song topped both the global charts for three consecutive weeks, becoming the first song by a female artist to do so ever since the charts' inauguration, and the second overall after "Dákiti" (2020) by Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez. It stayed atop both the charts for eight consecutive weeks. |
1917_14 | United States |
1917_15 | "Drivers License" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rodrigo her first number-one single in the United States, and making her the first female artist since Carrie Underwood to have their first single debut at number-one on the chart. It marked her second entry on the chart, after "All I Want". It collected 76.1 million streams, 38,000 digital downloads, and 8.1 million airplay impressions in its opening week. Surpassing Jawsh 685, who topped the chart with "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)" (2020), Rodrigo became the most-recently-born artist to top the Hot 100, and the youngest since Billie Eilish, who achieved it with "Bad Guy" (2019), and is the youngest artist ever to debut atop the Hot 100. "Drivers License" topped the Billboard Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts as well, staying atop both for three consecutive weeks. Billboard noted the song as one of the most dominant number-one hits of all time, garnering more than double the Hot 100 units of its closest |
1917_16 | competitor, "Mood" (2020). "Drivers License" spent eight consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100; it became the seventh single in the chart's history to have debuted at number one and spend at least its first eight weeks at the spot. |
1917_17 | As of July 2021, "Drivers License" was the most streamed song of 2021 so far, with 582.8 million on-demand streams. It is also the most streamed audio track (460.2 million), the most watched video (122.6 million views), the sixth best-selling digital song (199,000 downloads), and the eighth biggest song across all formats of radio (1.227 billion audience impressions). |
1917_18 | Other markets
In the United Kingdom, "Drivers License" debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart dated January 21, 2021, earning 2.407 million total streams on January 12, 2021, alone. The song broke the record for highest single-day streams in British history for a non-Christmas song, surpassing the previous record held by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (2017). With 95,000 units moved in its first week, "Drivers License" also had the biggest opening week for a number one debut single on the UK Singles Chart since Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk" (2016). "Drivers License" spent nine weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming the longest run at the top for a solo female artist since Tones and I' s "Dance Monkey" spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top in 2019. Spurred by "Drivers License", "All I Want" reached number 32, marking her second top-40 entry in the UK. |
1917_19 | In Ireland, "Drivers License" debuted at the top of the Irish Singles Chart. It was the country's most downloaded and streamed song its first two weeks, outperforming the rest of the top five combined. It has so far remained at number one for nine consecutive weeks; "All I Want" charted simultaneously, reaching a new peak of number 16.
In Australia, "Drivers License" debuted at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart dated January 24, 2021, scoring Rodrigo her first number one song in Australia. In doing so, the song became the first debut single to top the ARIA Singles Chart since Harry Styles' "Sign of the Times" in 2017. "Drivers License" spent six consecutive weeks atop the chart.
Music video |
1917_20 | The video, directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen, adopts a vignette aesthetic and depicts Rodrigo's healing from heartbreak. She receives her driver's license in the video, but instead of going to her old lover's house like she used to dream of, she finds herself aimlessly cruising suburban side streets. Rodrigo reminisces about moments from her brief relationship. At the beginning of the video, she is embraced by the happy memories only, but eventually, all the toxic traits of her ex-partner confront her. The video received positive comments from critics for its visuals.
As of January 2022, the song has 335 million views on YouTube.
Impact |
1917_21 | "Drivers License" has been credited with launching Rodrigo's music career. The instant commercial success of the song upon its release has been attributed to the rise of niche market for bedroom pop, the song's emotional lyricism and appeal, TikTok, the tabloid journalism and social media speculation surrounding the song, and Rodrigo's Disney career. The Indian Express opined that song is a part of the DIY movement in the music industry, where young artists (mostly post-millennials), such as Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, and Tate McRae, are capable of making music of "near-studio quality" without leaving the house. Commenting on the song's unprecedented success, Spotify's Becky Bass stated that "We've never seen anything like this, where you do have a newer artist that just comes out of the gate in such a dominant way, and just continues to grow". |
1917_22 | Paper remarked that the song is a "product of years of pop trends" that resonates with millions of listeners, similar to the rise of Eilish in 2019, Lorde in 2013, or Taylor Swift in the late 2000s, but occurred instantly in Rodrigo's case, because of recent technological innovations like TikTok that has altered the course of the music industry. The TikTok hashtag "#driverslicense" amassed over 888.5 million views in one week. Paper also highlighted consumers' interest in the song's romantic background (a phenomenon of listeners being invested in the drama between Disney co-stars) as a factor for the song's success. The New York Times writer Joe Coscarelli wrote that the song was spurred not only by its quality, but also the gossips surrounding it, paired with the label's marketing plan, and support from celebrities like Swift. He noted the autobiographical song bolstered tabloids and listeners to "piece together its real-life parallels", while TikTok videos led to social media posts, |
1917_23 | "which led to streams, which led to news articles, and back around again", generating an "unbeatable" feedback loop. Coscarelli added that, similar to Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez, Rodrigo took "her experiences within the Disney machine and attempted to translate them for a broader, more adult audience". |
1917_24 | Stereogums Chris DeVille found Rodrigo to be an example of "actor-turned-pop stars" who profit off their best-known roles, such as her Bizaardvark and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which "created a massive built-in audience for a prospective Rodrigo music career"; "Drivers License" maximized this interest by referencing the "behind-the-scenes drama" involving Joshua Bassett, who co-stars with Rodrigo in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, and Sabrina Carpenter. DeVille added that the song "will have ripple effects" that affect the industry in 2021 and beyond, as its bedroom pop sound is challenging hip-hop's dominance on streaming platforms. Douglas Greenwood, writing for I-D, asserted that "Drivers License" contains "all of the old-school ingredients of a hit". |
1917_25 | Insider dubbed the song an "early 2021 cultural touchstone", citing its "sad girl appeal" echoing Generation Z (similar to Lorde and Eilish), the celebrity romance associated with its lyrics (like that of Swift), the song's cinematic bridge, its TikTok popularity, and radio friendliness as contributing factors to the song's success. Music journalist Laura Snapes, writing for The Guardian, wrote "Drivers License" is the "epitome of new-school pop songwriting", in which power ballads are sonically intimate and subdued, rather than bombastic, with lyrics delving into specific and complex emotions. The February 20, 2021 episode of Saturday Night Live included a skit in which English actor Regé-Jean Page and six other male cast members recited the song's lyrics. Responding to the tabloid speculation around the song's subjects, Rodrigo stated: "I put it out not knowing that it would get that reaction, so it was really strange [when] it did. I just remember [everyone being] so weird and |
1917_26 | speculative about stuff they had no idea about. I don't really subscribe to hating other women because of boys. I think that's so stupid, and I really resent that narrative that was being tossed around." |
1917_27 | "Drivers License" was featured as the main music for Google's Year in Search commercial for 2021.
Track listing
CD single
"Drivers License" – 4:04
"Drivers License" (radio edit) – 3:48
"Drivers License" (instrumental) – 4:02
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sour.
Studio locations
Recorded at Amusement Studios (Los Angeles)
Mixed at SOTA Studios (Los Angeles)
Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York)
Personnel
Olivia Rodrigo – vocals, backing vocals, songwriting
Daniel Nigro – songwriting, production, recording, piano, bass, percussion, drum programming, synthesizer, backing vocals
Dan Viafore – assistant engineering
Mitch McCarthy – mixing
Randy Merrill – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also |
1917_28 | List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2021
List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones
List of number-one singles of 2021 (Australia)
List of top 10 singles for 2021 in Australia
List of number-one hits of 2021 (Austria)
List of Ultratop 50 number-one singles of 2021
List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2021
List of number-one digital songs of 2021 (Canada)
List of number-one hits of 2021 (Denmark)
List of number-one singles of 2021 (Finland)
List of number-one singles of 2021 (Ireland)
List of top 10 singles in 2021 (Ireland)
List of number-one songs of 2021 (Malaysia)
List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2021
List of number-one singles from the 2020s (New Zealand)
List of number-one songs in Norway
List of number-one singles of 2021 (Portugal)
List of number-one songs of 2021 (Singapore)
List of number-one singles of the 2020s (Sweden)
List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s |
1917_29 | List of UK top-ten singles in 2021
List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s
List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2021
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2020s
List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2021
List of Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one songs of the 2020s
List of Billboard Digital Song Sales number ones of 2021
List of Radio Songs number ones of the 2020s
List of Billboard Streaming Songs number ones of 2021
List of Rolling Stone Top 100 number-one songs of 2021 |
1917_30 | References
2020s ballads
Geffen Records singles
Interscope Records singles
2021 debut singles
2021 songs
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles
Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Number-one singles in Australia
Number-one singles in Austria
Number-one singles in Denmark
Number-one singles in Finland
Number-one singles in Greece
Number-one singles in Israel
Number-one singles in Malaysia
Number-one singles in New Zealand
Number-one singles in Norway
Number-one singles in Portugal
Number-one singles in Singapore
Number-one singles in Sweden
Olivia Rodrigo songs
Pop ballads
Song recordings produced by Dan Nigro
Songs composed in B-flat major
Songs written by Dan Nigro
Songs written by Olivia Rodrigo
Torch songs
Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Billboard Global 200 number-one singles
Billboard Global Excl. U.S. number-one singles |
1918_0 | Auxonne ( or ) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auxonnais or Auxonnaises.
Auxonne is one of the sites of the defensive structures of Vauban, clearly seen from the train bridge as it enters the train station on the Dijon–Vallorbe line railway line. It also was home to the Artillery School where Napoleon Bonaparte was stationed as a lieutenant and audited classes from 1788 to 1791.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom. |
1918_1 | Pronunciation
Due to an exception in the French language, the name is pronounced [osɔn] (In Aussonne the "x" is pronounced "ss"). The current spelling of the name comes from a habit of copyists of the Middle Ages who replaced the double "s" by a cross which does not change the pronunciation. This cross, equated with "x" in ancient Greek, was pronounced "ks" in French only from the 18th century but this modification does not change the usage. In practice, however, the pronunciation of Auxonne is debatable, the inhabitants themselves being divided between a pronunciation of "ks" and "ss": local elected officials as well as SNCF announcements retain the pronunciation "ks". This pronunciation has the merit of avoiding a homophone with the Upper Garonne commune of Aussonne. |
1918_2 | Geography
The city of Auxonne is located at the edge of Côte-d'Or department along the boundary between Burgundy and Franche-Comté some 30 km south-east of Dijon and 45 km west by south-west of Besançon. Access to the commune is by road D905 from Genlis in the north-west which passes through the town and continues south-east to Sampans. The D24 road goes south from the town to Labergement-lès-Auxonne, the D110A goes south-east to Rainans, the D208 goes east to Peintre, and the D20 goes north-east to Flammerans. There are very large forests along the western side of the commune and Auxonne town has a large urban area with the rest of the commune farmland.
The western border of the commune is the Saône river as it flows south to eventually join the Rhône at Lyon. The commune is at an altitude ranging between 181 m and 211 m which makes it virtually immune to floods that envelop the region during major floods. |
1918_3 | Geology
Auxonne belongs to a region called the plain of Saône. The plain, with Bresse, is a geo-morphological unit of the Bressan depression: an extensive collapsed formation dating from the Miocene extending from the Upper Rhine Plain and the Rhone basin. The plain of Saône is limited in the north by the Upper Saône plateau, to the west by the Burgundian limestone ridge, to the east by the plateaux of the Jura then by the Bresse, and finally to the south by the Beaujolais vineyards. The plain of Saône drops from 250 m altitude in the north to 175 m in the south-east is traversed by the river from north to south for over 150 km.
The city of Auxonne is specifically in the alluvial ribbon called the Val de Saône – a band a few kilometres wide that follows the river. Its immediate limit in the Auxonne area is ten kilometres to the east where there is a rise of the Massif de la Serre to an altitude of about 400 metres. |
1918_4 | Climate
The climate of the Val de Saône has several conflicting influences but is still a dominant continental climate. It is marked, however, by an oceanic influence that is strongly attenuated by the hills of Morvan which acts as a barrier. There is also a meridional influence in summer which allows the Saône valley, an extension of the Rhone valley, to enjoy good sunshine which is also seen in late spring and early autumn thereby lengthening the summer. Finally there is the continental influence on the Saône valley climate with cold winters and sometimes late frosts. Fog is common from October to March (65 to 70 days per year). The summers are hot enough. Rainfall is well distributed throughout the year with summer and winter relatively less than autumn and spring.
History |
1918_5 | Origins
Modern historians agree on doubting the veracity of the assertions contained in the Chronicle of Saint-Pierre de Bèze (the name of the monastery founded by Amalgaire who is referred to as Amauger in the History of Burgundy) in the first half of the 7th century concerning the term Assona to refer to Auxonne in the first half of the 7th century.
The first three authentic instruments where the name Auxonne appears date from 1172, 1173 and 1178.
The first two are associated with Count Stephen II of Auxonne (died 1173) and the third is in a bull of Pope Alexander III. The act of 1173 was a donation made by the Count to the monastery of Saint-Vivant de Vergy. The pontifical act of 1178 was a confirmation of all the possessions of the priory of Saint-Vivant which included the town of Auxonne. |
1918_6 | Religious rights of Auxonne date back to around 870, the date of establishment of their monastery in the pagus (County) of Amous (or Amaous) in the Jura of Burgundy (later called the County of Burgundy then Franche-Comté), six miles from the Saône on land belonging to Agilmar, bishop of Clermont. The place took the name which it still has today: Saint-Vivant-en-Amous (between Auxonne and Dole). The monks remained in Amous for more than twenty years; the Normans from Hastings destroyed the monastery when they invaded Burgundy. Count Manassès built them a new monastery (circa 895–896) in Frankish Burgundy in the County of Beaune on the slopes of Mount Vergy. While they were in Amous they cleared the area and installed fishermen's huts along the Saône. According to a hypothesis by some historians, these huts became the germ of the future town of Auxonne. Installed in their remote region of Vergy, far from their difficult to defend lands, the monks of Saint-Vivant felt the need to |
1918_7 | subordinate (undoubtedly to William IV, Count of Vienne and Mâcon (died 1155)) their lands in Amous to remove the covetousness and retain their rights and properties. According to a second hypothesis, the feudal lord established a new town along Saône which took the name of Auxonne. Auxonne therefore was in the pagus of Amous. |
1918_8 | The division of the Treaty of Verdun of 843 placed Amous in the prize of Lothair I and, despite the complicated divisions that followed, this county was Holy Roman Empire land and fell within the sphere of influence of the Count of Burgundy – i.e. the future Franche-Comté.
The attachment to the Duchy of Burgundy |
1918_9 | In 1172 the city had grown in importance: Count Stephen I of Auxonne, the younger branch of Burgundy County and son of William (died 1157), had settled there. His successor Stephen II, Count of Auxonne (died 1241) and son of the previous head of the younger branch of Burgundy County, was master of rich domains, ambitious, powerful, and supported by the premier families of the country, nourished some pretensions to supplant the elder branch. He worked conspicuously. In 1197, taking advantage of unrest in Germany, Stephen III, renounced loyalty to Otto I (died 14 January 1201), and took the Auxonne tribute to the Duke of Burgundy, Odo III, while guaranteeing the rights of Saint-Vivant de Vergy. In return, Odo III promised to help him in his fight against the Palatinate. Auxonne escaped the county movement. |
1918_10 | In 1237 the head of the County was Otto III (died 19 June 1248), son and successor of Otto I, Duke of Merania (died 6 May 1234). On June 15 of that year, under an exchange agreement concluded at Saint-Jean-de-Losne between John, Count of Chalon (1190-30 September 1267) (the main character of the agreement and son of Stephen III, long associated with his father's business and heir of Beatrice de Chalon (1170-7 April 1227) his mother and Stephen III himself) and Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, the town of Auxonne and all the possessions of Stephen III in the basin of the Saône were transferred to the Duke of Burgundy in exchange for the Barony of Salins and ten strategic positions of the first importance in the County. In coming under the rule of the Dukes of Burgundy, Auxonne became a bridgehead of the duchy on the eastern bank of the Saône, on Holy Roman Empire soil, and escaped the Germanic influence. |
1918_11 | The attachment of Auxonne to the Duchy of Burgundy gave it the status as of a border town between the Duchy of Burgundy and the County of Burgundy, between French and Germanic influence that would determine the fate of the town in the following centuries. |
1918_12 | Auxonne under the Dukes of Valois |
1918_13 | Sheltered behind its ramparts that it continued to fortify, the fortress was a major base for launching military operations: it was from Auxonne that Odo IV in 1336 dismissed the threat of dissenting county barons entering as he was their lawful sovereign since his marriage with Jeanne de France (1308–1349), heir to the County. Between 1364 and 1369 there was fighting at the castle of Philip the Bold from Auxonne against the county barons and free companies. At the beginning of the 15th century, with the civil war that ravaged France, war was constant around the walls which forced the city to remain constantly alert. Between 1434 and 1444 there was a new threat: bands of idle soldiers called Écorcheurs because they took all. The people of Auxonne kept watch on the ramparts while the formidable soldiery ravaged the countryside. As if their misfortune were not enough there were two fires five years apart on 7 March 1419 and 15 September 1424 which devastated the city. |
1918_14 | It was not until 1444 that there was a period of peace that lasted until the advent of Charles the Bold in 1467.
In 1468, following the Treaty of Peronne, tension revived between the king of France and the Duke of Burgundy – Charles the Bold. The town soon looked to put its defenses in order. In 1471 it made a contribution to the fight against the army of the Dauphiné which was sent by Louis XI and which penetrated the duchy. The adventurous policy of the fiery Duke finally led his dynasty to ruin. On the death of the Duke on 5 January 1477 Louis XI seized the duchy without delay with virtually no resistance. The royal army returned to Dijon on 1 February 1477. |
1918_15 | The attachment to the kingdom of France
The special status of Outer Saône lands, which were not a domain of the crown given prerogatives, did not stop Louis XI from his conquest. But the Comtois people revolted followed by those from Auxonne. After two years of resistance to the invader and after the carnage of Dole at the Chateau of Dole on 25 May 1479 they were left without support by Mary of Burgundy. Auxonne held out for 12 days in the siege by the royal army commanded by Charles d'Amboise before opening its doors on 4 June 1477 to the French invader. The town, attached to the crown of France, would share the fate of the monarchy.
The Duchy of Burgundy and the County of Burgundy were always united but this time under the crown of France had changed masters and for another 14 years had a common destiny. |
1918_16 | For political ends Louis XI, while he solemnly confirmed the maintenance of all the privileges of the town to ensure the loyalty of his new subjects, hastened to build a mighty fortress, the Chateau d'Auxonne, at Auxonne at the province's expense, which still dominates Iliote square, to guard against any attempt of rebellion.
Charles VIII challenged Louis XI as, while he was engaged to Marguerite, daughter of Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I of Habsburg, heiress of the Duchy of Burgundy, and after the dowry of his future wife arrived in the County, he preferred to marry Anne, heiress of Brittany, and thus took the important Duchy of Brittany from the kingdom of France. |
1918_17 | Auxonne becomes a border town
The Treaty of Senlis (23 May 1493), signed between Charles VIII and Maximilian again separated the two Burgundies. Auxonne again became a French bridgehead on the Imperial Bank and its walls had to protect the kingdom of France against attempts by Habsburg to resolve by force the "question of Burgundy" and the Habsburg claims on Burgundy.
There were soon tensions on the Empire side. From 1494 the Italian wars were rekindled. Again the walls were consolidated and the County door was built in 1503. |
1918_18 | Auxonne repulses the Imperials
On 14 January 1526 the Treaty of Madrid was signed, after the Battle of Pavia, between François I and Charles V. The King of France was forced to abandon Burgundy and the County of Auxonne, among other territories. The States of Burgundy combined on 8 June 1526 and refused to separate from the crown of France. In response the Emperor tried to conquer the County of Auxonne. In front of the walls of the city Lannoy, commander of the imperial armies, found such strong resistance on the part of all the people he had to give up. |
1918_19 | Henri III declares the Auxonne people guilty of lèse-majesté
In 1574 Charles of Lorraine, the younger brother of Henri I of Guise and Charles, Duke of Mayenne, whom history remembers simply under the name Mayenne, became Duke and governor of Burgundy. A champion of the Catholic cause, he extended the religious wars to political wars. He worked to establish his own government and attached the neighbouring land of Lorraine under the Guise government to the Burgundian province. The death of the Duke of Anjou, brother of Henry III, in 1584 made Henry of Navarre, a Protestant, the presumptive heir to the crown gave the Catholic League a new activity. Civil war began again. Mayenne sought to retain the strongholds of Burgundy for his County. On 2 April 1585 the people of Auxonne received a letter from King Henry III recommending them to ensure the safety of their town and especially "in not receiving the Duke of Mayenne". |
1918_20 | The people of Auxonne, loyal to the king, hastened to execute orders. Jean de Saulx-Tavannes, governor of the city and the Chateau of Auxonne at first took the measures imposed then secretly strengthened the garrison of the castle as he suspected that the inhabitants of conspiring with Mayenne to deliver it to him instead. Counselled by Joachim de Rochefort, Baron of Pluvault, the magistrates decided to seize the governor. They arrested him on Saints' Day in 1585 when it was making his devotions in the church. The Count of Charny, a close relative of Jean de Saulx, Lieutenant General in Burgundy, approved this act of loyalty to the Crown by the people of Auxonne. When the King was informed he praised the people for their loyalty but concessions to Leaguers which were formalised by the signing of the Treaty of Nemours on 7 July 1585 forced Henry III to equivocate. He asked the people to deliver Tavannes into the hands of Charny and named Claude de Bauffremont, Baron of Sennecey known |
1918_21 | for his Mayenne sympathies, as governor of the town and Chateau of Auxonne. |
1918_22 | In complete defiance and sniffing betrayal, the people of Auxonne handed Tavannes to the County of Charny who shut him up in his castle at Pagny, refused Sennecey as governor, and continued to claim in his place the Baron of Pluvault. In January 1586 new orders from the king expressed his dissatisfaction with these repeated refusals. The situation was difficult for the people but they received encouragement in their resistance from the future Henri IV who was at Montauban and sent them a letter of encouragement on 25 January 1586. Meanwhile, Tavannes had escaped from his prison at Pagny. The first use he made of his new-found freedom was an attempt to retake Auxonne by surprise. On 10 February 1586 he appeared before the walls with two hundred men at arms. His attempt was unsuccessful. |
1918_23 | Despite orders and injunctions that the people receive Sennecey as governor, they still held to Pluvault. His patience tired, Henry III, by letters patent of 1 May 1586, declared the Auxonne people guilty of Lèse-majesté and ordered action by force so arrangements were made accordingly. The Auxonne people were obstinate in their refusal, but loyal to the crown, and were ready for a showdown. They refused to open the gates of the city to the Count of Charny who was obliged to find housing in Tillenay. They did consent to open the gate for President Jeannin who came to mediate with the Squire of Pluvault to save Auxonne from ruin. Jean Delacroix (or John of the Cross), a countryman of Auxonnais and private secretary to Catherine de' Medici arrived with his deputation to the king with Letters of credence for Sir Charny giving him full powers to deal with the people . |
1918_24 | The negotiations resulted in an accord reached and signed on 15 August 1586 at Tillenay. The Treaty revoked letters that declared the people of Auxonne guilty of lese majeste, exempted them from contribution for nine years, and granted a gratuity of 90,000 francs to the Baron of Pluvault. This treaty was approved by letters patent of 19 August 1586 and on the 25th of the same month the Baron of Sennecey was received and installed as governor of the town and Chateau of Auxonne. Received by the people with the greatest distrust, Sennecey showed himself as the man for the job.
The Treaty of Nijmegen
The town finally lost its designation as a border town with the conquest of the County by Louis XIV but it still remained an important place as indicated by the stationing there of the 511th logistics regiment. |
1918_25 | The city of Auxonne remained famous because of two visits that were made by a young second lieutenant in the regiment of La Fere named Napoleon Bonaparte who was later to make his name known across Europe. The Bonaparte district preserves the room he occupied during one of his stays. There is also a small museum in a tower of the Chateau of Auxonne, his set square, his fencing foil, and objects he offered during his stay, as well as one of his hats.
Contemporary era
During the Second World War Auxonne was liberated on 10 September 1944 by troops who landed in Provence.
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason de la ville d'Auxonne (21).svg
|legend1=Arms of Auxonne
|text=
Blazon:
Party per pale, at 1 party per fesse, Azure, Semé-de-lis of Or bordure compony of Argent and Gules first and bendy of Or and Azure bordure of Giules second; at 2 Azure a demi-cross moline Argent sinister mouvant per pale.
The earlier arms of Auxonne were blazoned:
Azure, a cross moline of Argent |
1918_26 | |img2=Blason_Auxonne.svg
|legend2=
}}
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Mayors from 1935
The Canton of Auxonne
Auxonne is the seat of the canton of Auxonne, which covers 35 communes. Auxonne is the most populous commune in the canton.
Twinning
Auxonne has twinning associations with:
Heidesheim am Rhein (Germany) since 1964.
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 7,622 inhabitants.
Economy
The town has a branch of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Dijon.
Transportation
The commune has a railway station, , on the Dijon–Vallorbe line.
Culture and heritage |
1918_27 | Civil heritage
The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
A House in parts of wood and brick (15th century)
A House at 6 Rue du Bourg (1548)
The Hotel Jean de la Croix (15th century)
The Civil and military Hospital (17th century). The Hospital contains a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects.
The Hospice Saint-Anne (18th century)
The Covered Market (17th century) |
1918_28 | Other sites of interest
A Farmhouse at Louzerolle has a Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity with base (15th century) that is registered as an historical object.
The Railway station has a Platform Railway Wagon (1913) that is registered as an historical object.
A House at Granges d'Auxonne has a Statue: Christ on the Cross (17th century) that is registered as an historical object.
A House at Rue Boileau has a Bas-relief with the Arms of the Bossuet family (17th century) that is registered as an historical object.
The Bonaparte Museum in the tower of the Chateau d'Auxonne has 2 Columns (16th century) that are registered as an historical object.
A Barrage dam on the Saône was built in 1840 and operated for 170 years until April 2011 when a modern dam (with inflatable mechanical shutters) of a Needle dam type took over. It is over 200 metres long and is divided into four sections of 50 metres each with a total of 1,040 needles to manoeuvre depending on the fluctuating water levels. |
1918_29 | Religious heritage
The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument: |
1918_30 | The Church of Notre-Dame (13th century). The construction of the main part lasted all through the 13th century, first the nave in 1200, then the choir, apse, and the chapels between 1200 and 1250. The construction of the door started in the 14th century. The side chapels were raised in the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1516, under the direction of Master Loys – the architect of the church of Saint-Michel de Dijon – the construction of the portal surmounted by two towers of unequal heights began. In 1525 the Jacquemart (now disappeared) was installed in the tower. In 1858 a campaign of rehabilitation was organized under the auspices of the municipality and executed by Phal Blando, an architect in the town. This campaign included two side portals, implementation of a slender, octagonal, pyramidal, and slightly twisted tower called a Crooked spire. Its spire. which is made from slate, rises 33 metres above its platform – 11 metres higher than the previous one. The church is also noteworthy |
1918_31 | for the gargoyles and statues (including prophets) that adorn the outside. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: |
1918_32 | A Platform Organ (17th century)
The instrumental part of the Organ (1789)
The sideboard of the Organ (1614)
A Collection Plate (16th century)
A Painting: the Crucifixion (17th century)
A Painting: Virgin and Child (15th century)
A Statue: Unidentified Saint (16th century)
A Tombstone for Pierre Morel (15th century)
A Tombstone for Hugues Morel (15th century)
A Statue: Saint Antoine (16th century)
A Statue: Christ of Pity (16th century)
A Statue: Virgin and Child (15th century)
A Pulpit (1556)
A Lectern (1562)
Stalls (17th century) |
1918_33 | The '''Church of the Nativity contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
A Monumental Painting: Christ in Glory (13th century)
A Monumental Painting: The Crucifixion (16th century)
A Monumental Painting: Arms and Funeral Inscriptions (17th century)
A Monumental Painting: Saint Eveque (15th century)
A Monumental Painting: A Scene (16th century)
A Monumental Painting: The hunt of Saint Herbert (15th century)
The Furniture in the Church
A Monumental Painting: Fleur-de-lis and false apparatus (16th century)
A Mural Painting: Saint Eveque (1) (16th century)
Military heritage |
1918_34 | There are several military structures that are registered as historical monuments: |
1918_35 | The Chateau of Auxonne (17th century) was one of the three castles (with the castles of Dijon and Beaune) built under King Louis XI following the defeat of Duke Charles the Bold and completed by his successors after the conquest of the Duchy of Burgundy and is the only one still standing despite subsequent transformations. Built in the south-west corner of the city, the castle has a body for barracks dating from Louis XII and François I which is perhaps the oldest barracks building built for this purpose in France. The castle has five corner towers at the corners connected by thick curtain walls: The Two contiguous towers of Moulins, Beauregard tower, Pied de Biche tower, Chesne tower (now demolished), and the tower of Notre-Dame. The latter is the most massive with three vaulted levels, 20 metres in diameter, 22 metres high, and 6 metre thick walls at the base. (Coordinates: ) The Chateau contains an item that is registered as an historical object:
A Chimney (16th century) |
1918_36 | The Port Royale (Royal Gate) or Tour du Cygne (Swan Tower) (1775). The Royal Gate dates to the 17th century (1667–1717). During the medieval period the northern entrance to the city was controlled by the Flammerans Portal. When the fortifications were strengthened starting from 1673, the Count of Apremont, who was the engineer, built the Royal Gate to replace the Flammerans Portal. He entrusted the work to Philippe Anglart "architect and contractor for Royal buildings" before having to leave. Upon his return the Count of Apremont was not satisfied with the work and started again. On the Count's death in 1678 the work halted and it was Vauban who completed it in 1699. The central pavilion was added on top in 1717. On the city side the central body is flanked by two perfectly identical houses, covered with a Mansart roof. The opening to the countryside is surmounted by a trophy of arms. |
1918_37 | The Port of Comté (15th century) is located east of the city. This superb example of military architecture dates from the reign of Louis XII and had decorations comparable to that on the emergency door in the Chateau of Dijon which has now disappeared. The exterior face of the gate there is a shield of France supported by two angels and porcupines which are royal symbols.
The Arsenal (1674) was originally used to provide gun carriages. It was built by Vauban between 1689 and 1693. It has preserved its original plan which is now three buildings, one of which serves as a covered market. |
1918_38 | Other military sites of interest |
1918_39 | The Ramparts were mentioned in the charter of 1229: at that time there were simple earthen ramparts bordered by a ditch and surmounted by piles of thorns. In the first half of the 14th century, at great sacrifice for the population, the city was surrounded with a wall which lasted comfortably until the intervention of the Count of Apremont in 1673. This medieval walls covering a perimeter of 2600 metres and included 23 towers, turrets, and a fortified bridge. The front overlooking the Saône was very difficult to build and was undertaken from 1411. The wall was the pride of the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, who stated in letters patent of 23 December 1424: "The place of our city Auxonne is beautiful, strong, and well closed with walls and ditches". In 1479, on becoming master of Burgundy, Louis XI built a fortified chateau adapted to the progress of artillery with the appearance of a metallic ball. Auxonne was in a strategic position as a border town and had to endure continual |
1918_40 | wars with the County becoming Imperial Land after the Treaty of Senlis in 1493. The medieval ramparts were the subject of care and continual reinforcement in the 16th century under Louis XII and François I. With Louis XIV and the wars of conquest by the County, the strategic interest of the town brought the king to put the city "in a state not to fear the attacks of the enemy". In 1673 it was François de la Motte-Villebret, Count of Apremont, from Tours who was responsible. He destroyed almost all of the medieval walls to establish a defence system by Vauban, part of which still exists today. Apremont died in 1678 and it was Vauban who succeeded him to ensure completion of the works. He raised a magnificent project that complemented the work of Count Apremont but on the signing of the Treaty of Nijmegen in 1678 he lost interest and the project was never completed. |
1918_41 | The Belvoir Tower (or Tour Belvoir). Of the 23 towers of the medieval walls, there remains today only three and of these Belvoir tower is the only one that has not been subject to significant changes.
The Sign tower (Tour de Signe) on which there is a salamander, the emblem of François I.
The Statue of Lieutenant Napoleon Bonaparte in bronze by François Jouffroy was opened in December 1857 in the centre of the Place d'Armes. Bonaparte is shown with a youthful face in the uniform of an artillery officer. The base is decorated with four different reliefs (Bonaparte in the Chapel of the Levée, Bonaparte at the Battle of Arcole, the coronation ceremony of Napoleon, and a meeting of the Council of State).
The Barracks, made of pink Moissey stone where Bonaparte occupied successively two bedrooms. They are now occupied by the 511th Logistics Regiment. |
1918_42 | Notable people linked to the commune |
1918_43 | Governors of the Town and the Château of Auxonne |
1918_44 | Jean de Saulx-Tavannes, born in 1555. Third of five children of Marshal of Tavannes Gaspard de Saulx and Françoise de la Baume his wife. He was born after Henri-Charles-Antoine de Saulx who died at the siege of Rouen in 1562 and also after William of Saulx, Count of Tavannes, bailiff of Dijon and lieutenant-general in the government of Burgundy. Jean de Saulx was first known as the Viscount of Ligny (today Ligny-le-Châtel) and took the title of Viscount of Tavannes in 1563 after the death of his older brother Henri de Saulx. He returned to France in 1575 from his travels which took him first to Poland, where he followed the Duke of Anjou, then to the Middle East. He threw himself into the Guises party and the Catholic League. He was appointed Governor of Auxonne and Lieutenant of Burgundy for the Duke of Mayenne. He lost the government of the town and Chateau of Auxonne in 1585 following a rebellion by the Auxonne population who were loyal to the crown and refused to see the city |
1918_45 | come under the Duke of Mayenne who represented the League in Burgundy. He was married twice. The first wife was Catherine Chabot, daughter of François Chabot, Marquis de Miribel with whom he had three children. He married his second wife Gabrielle Desprez with whom he had eight children. |
1918_46 | Claude de Bauffremont
Henri de Bauffremont
Claude Charles-Roger de Bauffremont, Marquis of Senecey, bailiff of Chalon-sur-Saône, died on 18 March 1641 after the Siege of Arras in 1640.
Jean-Baptiste Budes, Count of Guébriant, born at Saint-Carreuc in 1602. Field Marshal, (provisions of 10 April 1641), Governor of the town and Chateau of Auxonne, Marshal of France, Lieutenant of His Majesty's armies in Germany. He was wounded at the Siege of Rotweil by a favorite falcon which took his right arm on 17 November 1643. He died of his wounds on 24 November. A street in Auxonne bears his name. He was succeeded by Bernard du Plessis-Besançon.
Bernard du Plessis-Besançon, Lord of Plessis, officer and Chief of Staff, Ambassador, was born in the early months of the year 1600 in Paris. He was the younger son of Charles Besançon, Lord of Souligné and Bouchemont and Madeleine Horric. His death took place on 6 April 1670 at the home of Roy, the Mayor of Auxonne. |
1918_47 | Claude V de Thiard, born in 1620, (died 1701), Count of Bissy, named Governor of the town and Chateau of Auxonne on 13 April 1670. He built the Château of Pierre-de-Bresse.
Jacques de Thiard, born in 1649, Marquis of Bissy, lieutenant general in the Army of the king, died on 29 January 1744.
Anne-Claude de Thiard, born on 11 March 1682 at the Château of Savigny, (Vosges), died on 25 September 1765 at Pierre-de-Bresse, Marquis of Bissy, lieutenant general, ambassador to Naples. He retired from the government of Auxonne in 1753.
Claude de Thiard, (Claude VIII), born 13 October 1721, died 26 September 1810, Count of Bissy, cousin of Anne-Claude de Thiard. He became Governor of the town and Chateau of Auxonne on 25 August 1753. He was a member of the Académie française until 1750. He lost the title of Governor of Auxonne at the French Revolution in 1789. |
1918_48 | Other people
Claude Jurain, lawyer, mayor of Auxonne and historian of the town, author of History of antiquities and prerogatives of the town and county of Aussonne, with many good remarks on the Duchy and County Burgundy, etc.. Dijon. Jurain died on 9 November 1618 at Auxonne. A street in Auxonne is named after him.
Gabriel Davot, learned counsel to the Parliament of Dijon, professor of French law at the University of Dijon, born on 13 May 1677, died at Dijon on 12 August 1743. A street in Auxonne is named after him.
Denis Marin de la Chasteigneraye, Councillor of State, superintendent of finance for France, born in January 1601, died at Paris on 27 June 1678. A street in Auxonne is named after him.
Jacques Maillart du Mesle, born at Auxonne on 31 October 1731, son of Simon-Pierre Maillart of Berron and Antoinette Delaramisse. He was Superintendent of Iles de France and Bourbon for 5 years. He died at Paris on 9 October 1782. A street in Auxonne is named after him. |
1918_49 | Jean-Louis Lombard (1723–1794), Scholar, professor of mathematics at the Royal School of Artillery at Auxonne and French military writer who had Napoleon Bonaparte as a student.Jean-François Landolphe, born at Auxonne on 5 February 1747 – died on 13 July 1825 at Paris, former navy captain, a famous marine. A street in Auxonne is named after him. |
1918_50 | Joseph Mignotte, born on 12 November 1755 at Auxonne. General of brigade on 1 January 1796. Served in the Imperial Gendarmerie. Died at Rennes on 11 April 1828.Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois was a famous native of Auxonne where the high school is named after him. He distinguished himself during the Revolution. Claude-Antoine Prieur was born in Auxonne on 2 December 1763. He was the son of Noël-Antoine Prieur, who was employed in finance, and Anne Millot. A former member of the National Convention and the Council of Five Hundred, he was known as Prieur de la Côte d'Or which distinguished him from Prieur de la Marne with whom he shared the same opinion. In the trial of King Louis XVI they voted as one for the death penalty without appeal to the people or suspension. He contemplated and produced, in the midst of the political storms of the time, works marked by the highest science in chemistry and various physico-mathematical subjects. It was his work that created the uniform system of |
1918_51 | weights and measures. In addition, together with his compatriots Monge and Carnot, he created the École Polytechnique. He ended his days in Dijon as colonel of engineers in retirement where he died on 11 August 1832 after leaving his memoirs on the Committee of Public Safety. |
1918_52 | Claude-Xavier Girault. Son of a doctor, born in Auxonne on 5 April 1764 and died at Dijon on 5 November 1823. He became advocate in the parliament of Dijon on 21 July 1783 at the age of 19 years. Passionate about local history, he was crowned with a gold medal by the Academy of Besançon on 22 July 1786 for his first memoir, In what time the County of Auxonne and the resources of St. Lawrence were detached from Séquanaise province of Franche-Comté He was the same age as Bonaparte and they were acquainted and talked history with him. On being appointed First Consul, Bonaparte appointed him mayor of Auxonne in 1801: a position he held for four years. His excellent administration of the commune earned him "assiduous thanks" which was voted unanimously on 23 Pluviôse X by the council. He took the initiative to create the municipal library of over three thousand volumes selected by him from libraries of suppressed religious orders and on this occasion he conceived a new system of |
1918_53 | bibliography whose publication was received with high praise. He was a member of the academies of Dijon and Besançon and many learned societies. He also chaired the Commission of Antiquities of Côte-d'Or, in whose name he had requested the creation of an archaeological museum in Dijon. Girault was buried in Fontaine-les-Dijon. His son Louis Girault wrote: Historical and Bibliographical Note on C.-X. Girault, Rabutot, Dijon. C.-N. Amanton wrote a note on the life and writings of Girault in which he lists 63 works that C.-X. Girault wrote during his life. |
1918_54 | Claude-Nicolas Amanton, born at Villers-les-Pots on 20 January 1760, died in 1835. He was advocate for the Parliament of Dijon and mayor of Auxonne. He published a great number of judicial memoirs and many other writings as well as research and biographical works on different people.Jacques-Louis Valon de Mimeure, (1659–1719), Marquis of Mimeure, lieutenant-general of the Armies of Roy, one of the Forty of the Académie Française in 1707 until his death on 3 March 1719 at Auxonne.
Pierre-Gabriel Ailliet, Head of battalion, born at Auxonne in 1762.
Paul Chrétien, General of division, born at Auxonne in 1862.
Raoul Motoret, (1909–1978), writer, born at Auxonne.
Claude Noisot, (1757–1861), Grognard of the Old Guard of Napoleon I, born at Auxonne, founder of the Musée et Parc Noisot at Fixin.
Gaston Roussel', (1877–1947), veterinarian then medical doctor, industrialist and head of a French business. |
1918_55 | Military life
Military units that have been garrisoned at Auxonne:
10th Regiment of Infantry, 1906–1914
8th Battalion of Foot, 1906
1st Divisional Regiment of Artillery, 1939–1940
511th Logistics Regiment, since 10 June 1956
See also
Communes of the Côte-d'Or department |
1918_56 | Bibliography
Nathalie Descouvières, The Lands of Outer-Saône in the Middle Ages: history of Aubigny-en-Plaine, Bonnencontre, Brazey-en-Plaine, Chaugey, Echenon, Esbarres, Franxault, La Perrière-sur-Saône, Losne, Magny-les-Aubigny, Maison-Dieu, Montot, Pagny-le-Château, Pagny-la-Ville, St Jean de Losne, St Apollinaire, 1999.
Claude Speranza, Science of Arsenal, Association Auxonne-Patrimoine, 1998.
Bernard Alis, The Thiards, warriors and good spirits, L’Harmattan, Paris, 1997.
Martine Speranza, The Château of Auxonne, 1987.
Pierre Camp, History of Auxonne in the Middle Ages, 1960.
Pierre Camp, Illustrated Guide to Auxonne, 1969.
Pidoux de la Maduère, The Old Auxonne, reprinted 1999.
Lucien Febvre, History of Franche-Comté, reprinted 2003.
Jean Savant, Napoleon at Auxonne, Nouvelles éditions latines, Paris, 1946. |
1918_57 | Maurice Bois, Napoleon Bonaparte, lieutenant of artillery at Auxonne: military and private life, memories, retrospective glimpses of Auxonne, blockade of 1814, siege of 1815, investment by the Germans 1870–1871, Flammarion, Paris, 1898.
H. Drouot et J. Calmette, History of Burgundy, 1928.
Lucien Millot, Critical study on the origins of the town of Auxonne, its feudal condition and its exemptions, (1899).
Dom Simon Crevoisier, Chronicle of Saint-Vivant, Manuscript from 1620 – B.M. de Dijon (MS-961) or Archives of Côte-d'Or (H. 122)
E. Bougaud and Joseph Garnier, Chronicle of Saint-Pierre de Bèze, 1875.
C.-N. Amanton, Notice on fire the marquis of Thyard, in Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon, 1830.
C.N. Amanton, Auxonne Gallery or general review of Auxonne dignitaries of memory, 1835
Louis Girault, Historical and bibliographic Notice on C.-X. Girault, Rabutot, Dijon |
1918_58 | Étienne Picard, History of a communal forest: the Crochères Forest at the town of Auxonne, Dijon, 1898.
Horric de Beaucaire, Memoirs of Du Plessis-Besançon, Paris, 1842.
Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang (dir.), Auxonne'' in the Universal Dictionary of History and Geography, 1878 (Wikisource) |
1918_59 | References
External links
Auxonne Official website
Tourist Office of Auxonne website
Discover Auxonne Heritage and History
Auxonne on the old IGN website
Auxonne on Lion1906
Auxonne on the 1750 Cassini Map
Communes of Côte-d'Or
Burgundy
Vauban fortifications in France |
1919_0 | Bus companies in Ontario range in scale from small family-run businesses to subsidiaries of large international transportation groups. Many operate yellow school buses for student transportation on behalf of local school boards, while others concentrate on luxury coach charters and tours. Some municipalities use these private companies to run their public transit systems.
417 Bus Line
417 Bus Line is a coach and school bus operator in Casselman, a small village on Ontario Provincial Highway 417 between Ottawa and Montreal. The company began as Laplante Bus Line in 1958, which became Casselman Bus Line in 1965 and was incorporated in 1974 as 417 Bus Line Ltd. The founder, Jean-Paul Laplante, started with a single vehicle transporting students to the local school. Steady growth of the fleet lead to expansion with a bus route between Casselman and Ottawa. The family continues to operate the company today. |
1919_1 | 417 Bus Line Ltd. includes Lalonde Bus Line, Matte Bus Line, Larocque Bus Line and Bergeron Bus Lines as part of its operations, which have a combined fleet of over 150 units.
Public transit operations
Transit Eastern Ontario operated under the authority of the former North Glengarry Prescott Russell (NGPR) Transport Board.
Clarence-Rockland Transpo is operated by Lalonde Bus Line |
1919_2 | Aboutown
Aboutown Transportation was a diversified transportation company based in the city of London, serving southwestern Ontario for over 60 years. Bus services that it operated included charters, intercity routes and public transit systems in Chatham-Kent and St. Thomas. During the school year it once operated six transit bus routes between Kings and Brescia Colleges, and the main campus at the University of Western Ontario. Local services provided in the London area included taxis, limousines, school buses, paratransit services, minibus charters, shuttle services and airport services. It also operated Foot's Bay Marina on Lake Joseph in Muskoka, and Trillium Sport Aviation Inc., a 50 percent owned affiliate, based at London International Airport. Aboutown entered into receivership in Sept 2013, citing over $2 million in debts. Operations ceased after 60 years of service in Southwestern Ontario. |
1919_3 | NorthLink
This intercity bus service once connected communities throughout southwestern Ontario, with no more than thirteen scheduled routes.
NL-1: Owen Sound - Kincardine - Clinton - London
NL-2: Owen Sound - Hanover - Listowel - Kitchener
NL-3: Wingham - Listowel - Stratford
NL-4: St. Thomas - London - Port Stanley
NL-5: Sarnia - Strathroy-Caradoc - London
NL-7: London - Stratford - Kitchener
NL-8: Guelph - Hamilton
NL-9: Goderich - Clinton - Stratford
NL-10: St. Catherine's/Niagara Falls - St. Thomas - London
NL-11: Muskoka - Barrie - Toronto
NL-13: Toronto - Brampton - Orangeville - Owen Sound
NL-15: Windsor - Chatham
NL-16: Guelph - Cambridge - Brantford
All Services Now Suspended
Public transit operations
CK Transit(now operated by CitiLinx Transit)
St. Thomas Transit (now Voyageur Transportation)
Attridge Transportation
Attridge is a Burlington based school bus company providing bus service in the Golden Horseshoe area. |
1919_4 | Attridge also has a separate operating division, Attridge Coach Lines. They operate a fleet of Prevost and Volvo coaches offering charter services.
AVM Max 2000
AVM Max 2000 is a Toronto based charter bus rental company providing chartered bus rental experience in Greater Toronto Area. Its fleet consists of 21 to 24 passenger mini buses, 48 to 58 passenger coaches, school buses and passenger vans. It offers chartered bus rental service from Toronto to anywhere in North America.
Ayr
Ayr Coach Lines is a small family-owned business which provides charter services in the southwestern Ontario cities of Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge. It has a diverse fleet of motor coaches, activity coaches and mini coaches.
Badder
Badder Bus Service is a charter bus company that started in 1950 in Thamesville as a school bus company. In 1978, due to the demand for charter service, it acquired highway coaches. |
1919_5 | In 2006 the company was split, with Badder Bus Service Limited becoming a charter oriented company, with the integration of the newly acquired coach operations of 'Gino's Bus Lines of Ingersoll, and The Badder Group Incorporated being created out of their school bus operations which had expanded with the addition of Waylin Bus Lines of Aylmer in 1995 and Elgin Bus Service in 1997.
Services
Badder is licensed to operate charter buses from the cities of Hamilton and Toronto, the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York, the municipality of Chatham-Kent, the counties of Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Haldimand, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth and Wellington.
The school bus division serves the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, Lambton Kent District School Board, St. Clair Catholic District School Board, and Conseil scolaire Viamonde. |
1919_6 | Bergeron Bus Lines
Bergeron Bus Lines was a commuter and school bus operator based in Vars.
Public transit operations
Begeron operated a commuter bus service for the Township of Russell Transit Service, as part of the Rural Partners Transit Service of OC Transpo. Bergeron Bus Lines was purchased by 417 Bus Line in 2013.
Can-Am Express
Bus and coach charter company located in Toronto. Fully licensed to travel in Canada and United States. Providing shuttle, casino, shopping and tourism travel.
Cha-Co Trails |
1919_7 | Cha-Co Trails provided charters and regional bus services throughout Ontario and to Detroit until being acquired by Laidlaw in 2000. The Charter buses are operated under Penetang Midland Coach Lines Ltd. (PMCL), Chatham Coach Lines (J. I. DeNure (Chatham) Limited) and Detroit based Chatham Coach Lines Inc., which are all subsidiaries of Greyhound Canada. All buses kept their Cha-Co Livery and some Greyhound bus were also converted to the Cha-Co Fleet. The majority of the buses were used in line runs between Detroit and Toronto. |
1919_8 | Chatham Coach Lines was started in 1948 by J.I. DeNure in Chatham, Ontario after failed attempts at having a transit service In the spring of 1949 he expanded into charter service and in the summer of 1949 purchased Thames View Bus Lines to also start carrying students on school bus routes In 1950 obtained an I.C.C number to be able to run charters to the U.S.A. By the end of 1970's Chatham Coach was the largest carrier for school buses and Charters in Southern Ontario expanding to garages in both Windsor(Ont) and London(Ont). Through the 80's and 90's acquired many Coach companies throughout Southern Ontario to becomes one of the biggest Charter Companies in the country. The operating name was changed to Cha-Co-Trails in 1988. In the 1990's the city transit was taken over by the city of Chatham with the company providing storage, maintenance and drivers. The company continued to be a pillar in the transit community in Ontario before it was acquired by Laidlaw in 2000. The School |
1919_9 | bus and Charter parts where split and the Charter buses became part of Greyhound Canada's local operations, while the school bus part continues to this day(now First Student Canada) |
1919_10 | Cherrey Bus Lines
Cherrey Bus Lines was a Listowel and Stratford based operator of motorcoaches, activity buses, school buses, and passenger vans. It provides day trips, sightseeing, and tours through their Maxey Travel and Robin Hood Tours divisions.
It is licensed to provide coach services from: Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph, Cambridge, Chatham-Kent; regions of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York; counties of Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Haldimand, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth and Wellington.
Cherrey was purchased by Badder Bus Lines in late 2018, early 2019. Currently, still operating with Cherrey Livery.
Coach Canada |
1919_11 | Coach Canada started out in 1956, originally as Trentway Bus Lines. It was later acquired by Coach USA, and is part of the North American operations of Stagecoach, the international transport group. The Canadian subsidiary is independently operated, headquartered in Peterborough with locations in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Kingston and Montreal. Coach Canada operates charter services with motorcoaches, school buses, activity buses and mini-coaches with one of the largest pick-up area authority in Ontario with a combined fleet of over 200 vehicles. It operates throughout the urban areas of southern Ontario and Quebec, with intercity service extending as far as New York City. Intercity services are operated by Coach Canada, under the brand of Megabus. Coach Canada also owns and operates Gray Line Montreal Sightseeing, offering day tours in Montreal and Quebec. |
1919_12 | Dallas Coach
Dallas Coach, based in Mississauga, provides bus charters, shuttle services and tours, mainly in the Greater Toronto Area.
Delaney Bus Lines
Delaney Bus Lines was a charter, tour, and school bus company headquartered in Avonmore. Founded in 1948, it provides school services for the Upper Canada District School Board and the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario. It also offers several casino tour packages.
Delaney is the operator of three routes for OC Transpo's Rural Partnership Services. Route 515 connects the city of Cornwall with Ottawa and the government offices in Gatineau, Quebec; it also serves the villages of St. Andrew's West and Bonville in South Stormont, and the villages of Monkland and Moose Creek in North Stormont. Route 516 connects the North Stormont villages of Finch, Berwick, and Crysler with the nation's capital. Route 517 runs between Ottawa/Gatineau and the North Glengarry villages of Alexandria and Maxville. |
1919_13 | In July 2018, Delaney Bus lines sold their school bus fleet to Roxborough Bus Lines and their highway coaches to 417 Bus Lines, after 70 years of service.
First Student
First Student Canada, a subsidiary of the UK company FirstGroup, is a major provider of school bus services which used to be operated as Laidlaw Transit and Cardinal.
Franklin
Franklin Coach Lines of Belleville
Groupe Galland
Groupe Galland is a company providing school, coach, charter, commuter, and parcel services. Headquartered in Laval, Quebec, it was founded as a school bus operator in 1941. The business runs OC Transpo Rural Partnership Service Route 538. This line connected Carleton Place with Ottawa and Gatineau.
Great Canadian Coaches |
1919_14 | Great Canadian Coaches is a Kitchener provider of motorcoach charters and tours which began as Travel Ventures in 1984, and changed its name in 1998. Many of its fleet of over 40 Prevost, Setra and MCI coaches have unique Canadian themed paint schemes. It is a member of the Trailways Transportation System.
Greyhound Canada
Greyhound Canada, with its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario, was a subsidiary of Britain's FirstGroup, linked with the Dallas-based Greyhound Lines. Once Canada's largest intercity coach operator, it ceased operations on May 13, 2021.
Healey
Healey Transportation is located in Smiths Falls, Ontario, providing coach charters and tours from the city of Ottawa, and the counties of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville and school bus services for school boards in Eastern Ontario. Healey operates five Prevost coaches and over 100 school buses, mini-buses and passenger vans. |
1919_15 | Howard Bus Service
Howard Bus Service is a school, charter, and coach operator located in Athens. It provides transportation to the Upper Canada District School Board. They also run OC Transpo's Rural Partnership Service Route 509, which connects Merrickville-Wolford with Ottawa.
Kemptville Transportation Services
Kemptville Transportation Services is a school and charter bus operator located in Kemptville, Ontario. It runs two lines for OC Transpo's Rural Partnership Service. Route 542 provides express service between Kemptville and Ottawa and Gatineau. Route 543 connects Kemptville and North Gower to Downtown Ottawa.
Leduc
Leduc Bus Lines is a family-owned business, founded in 1968, in Rockland, Ontario. It provides highway coach, minibus, transit bus and school bus service in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario area. |
1919_16 | It operates three routes under the Rural Partners Transit Service of OC Transpo. Route 520 is operated directly. It travels from Hawkesbury connecting through L'Orignal, Alfred, Plantagenet and Wendover to Ottawa. Leduc also provides contracted services to run the two municipally managed routes of Clarence-Rockland Transpo.
McCoy |
1919_17 | McCoy Bus Service, Kingston
McCoy Bus Service is based in Kingston, Ontario. The company was started in 1979 by Ivan McCoy. The company started as a limousine service. In the 70's, Mr. McCoy owned a number of travel agencies in the Kingston area and started the limousine service as a way to get his travel agency clients to airports in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Syracuse, NY. The 5 vehicle limousine service was purchased by Shawn Geary January 1, 1993 and is still owned and managed by him today. Geary added his first mini bus to the limousine fleet in 1995 and added his first 47 passenger Prevost motor coach to the fleet in 1997. In 2000 Geary sold the limousine service to focus on the bus and bus tour business. The company was grown from bus after bus, after bus until a current fleet of twenty late model Prevost 56 passenger motor coaches, four 33 passenger midsize coached, six 24 passenger mini coaches and six 15 passenger Ford Transit vans. |
1919_18 | McCoy keeps the majority of their transportation equipment in Kingston but also has buses and vans located in Pembroke, Oshawa, Ajax and Ottawa. The company has contract shuttle services in Kingston, Ottawa, Pembroke, Oshawa, Ajax and Peterborough.
McCoy has their own repair facility attached to their office that operates under a separate name, Kingston Fleet & Auto Service Limited. The repair garage not only maintains McCoy's fleet but also offers automotive, truck and bus repairs and maintenance to other companies in the Kingston area.
Ontario Northland
Ontario Northland operates an intercity bus service for the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a crown corporation of the provincial government based in North Bay and provide onward connections from Ontario Northland Railway passenger services. The area served is Northern Ontario with routes connecting to Toronto, Ottawa, and Winnipeg. |
1919_19 | Out Here Travel
Out Here Travel operates a bus transportation for backpackers and budget travelers to visit places starting generally in Toronto and venturing to other provinces like Nova Scotia and Quebec. The area served goes all the way to Newfoundland. Routes north extend to Algonquin Park.
Pacific Western
Ontario operations of Pacific Western are concentrated in the Toronto area, with a large fleet of charter coaches. The now defunct Toronto Airport Express service between the downtown core and Pearson Airport operated from 1993 until 2014.
Parkinson |
1919_20 | Parkinson Coach Lines was a family business founded in 1946 in Snelgrove, Ontario by Harold Parkinson. The company was acquired by the Murrays in 1953, another family with generations in the bus and coach business back to 1922. The company hasn't strayed far from their roots in Brampton, Ontario and started running the predecessor to Brampton Transit in the 1960s. It further expanded into school buses in the 1960s and coach tours in the 1970s. Today, it has a fleet of 15 exclusively MCI coaches, about 85 school buses and various mini-coaches.
In December 2020, it was announced that Parkinson ceased operations, with Denny's purchasing some of their Coaches.
South Mountain
South Mountain Stagecoach Transit is a tour, charter, and commuter line operator based in South Mountain, Ontario. It runs Route 565 of OC Transpo's Rural Partnership Service. This route connects Ottawa with the North Dundas villages of Inkerman, South Mountain, and Hallville.
Shuttle Kingston |
1919_21 | Shuttle Kingston was reported in 2013 to connect Kingston to Watertown, New York and Syracuse, New York.
TOK Coachlines
TOK Coachlines (formerly Can-ar Coach Service) is a chartered coach operator based in the Greater Toronto Area that also operates two scheduled routes:
Toronto-Lindsay-Halliburton
Toronto-Kincardine-Port Elgin
Tours Coach Ltd.
Tours coach is one of the chartered bus service provider for serving customers in Greater Toronto Area. The company is based in Toronto and has a fleet of buses, well-equipped to handle mid-size to large groups (15 to 56 passengers). |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.