Riom

Riom
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Riom ( chief lieu )
Community association	Riom Limagne et Volcans
Coordinates	45 ° 54 ' N , 3 ° 7' E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 ' N , 3 ° 7' E
height	314-505 m
surface	31.97 km 2
Residents	19,180 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	600 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	63200
INSEE code	63300
Website	http://www.ville-riom.fr/
	; View of Riom

Riom is a French city with 19,180 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The city is the seat of the sub-prefecture ( French Sous-préfecture ) of the Arrondissement Riom , this consists of 13 cantons , it is the capital ( French chef-lieu ) of the canton Riom .

Riom is located on the Ambène river , north of Clermont-Ferrand .

history

The patron saint of Riom, Ricomagus in Gallo-Roman times , is the holy Amabilis (French: Amable ), who died here around AD 475. His relics are kept in the Basilica of Saint Amable de Riom and are still an important pilgrimage destination today.

At the beginning of the 13th century, under Philip Augustus , Riom became the seat of royal administration. In 1270 Alfonso von Poitiers , a brother of Louis the Saint , had the city expanded. The structures of the two main axes that cross at right angles and the ring-shaped fortifications, which have now been replaced by the Desaix, Chancellier de l'Hospital, de la Liberté, de la République and Etienne Clémentel boulevards, were created.

Petition from Joan of Arc

After the city fell to Jean de Berry in 1360 , Riom experienced a splendid time, as the art-loving duke gathered builders and artists at his court. Afterwards the city, which had the privilege of self-government by elected consuls, fell to the Bourbons , but was always considered loyal to the king. In 1429, at the end of the Hundred Years' War , Saint Joan of Arc asked the city for financial help and soldiers for her fight against the English . The city council decided very “bourgeois”: the soldiers received the Maid of Orléans , but the money was not handed over. In 1542 the “Grands Jours d'Auvergne” took place in Riom , the great court days under royal jurisdiction, which led to death sentences and expropriations of many nobles.

From the 17th century the royal court met in Clermont-Ferrand . Riom's importance waned significantly until the French Court of Appeal was established in 1804. In this building on the site of the medieval ducal palace, the " Trial of Riom " took place in 1942 , a show trial of the Vichy regime in which those "responsible" for the defeat of 1940 were indicted: Léon Blum , Édouard Daladier , General Maurice Gamelin and a few others. When their defenders brought up Pétain's responsibility for the defeat, the process was dropped.

Population development of Riom
year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	13,328	12,386	11,061	12,664	14,418	15,467	17,071	18,346	18,793	18,548	18,040

Attractions

Basilique St-Amable, 12.-18. Century, 65 m long, 27 m wide, the nave and transept are Romanesque , the choir is early Gothic
Tour de l'Horloge (30 m high clock tower), 16th century, in the Renaissance style
L'Hôtel Guimoneau (15th century)
L'Hôtel Arnoux de Maison-Rouge (18th century facade)
L'Hôtel Soubrany (16th century)
Maison des Consuls
Fontaine d'Adam et Eve (17th century) and Fontaine Ballainvillers
Hôtel de Ville du Riom (town hall), 16th century, inner courtyard is well worth seeing
Musée Mandet , municipal museum of the arts
Musée Régional d'Auvergne, local history museum with exhibits on agriculture and handicrafts
Sainte-Chapelle, remnant of the castle of the Dukes of Berry , built in 1388, with beautiful 15th century windows and 17th century tapestries
Eglise Notre-Dame-du-Marthuret, 14./15. Century, Gothic cathedral , with stained glass windows from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century, with a statute Vierge à l'Oiseau ( Madonna with the bird) by the court sculptor Jean de Berry (14th century) and with a black Madonna