Ébreuil

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Ébreuil
Ébreuil coat of arms
Ébreuil (France)
Ébreuil
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Gannat
Community association Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Coordinates 46 ° 7 '  N , 3 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 '  N , 3 ° 5'  E
height 301-545 m
surface 23.22 km 2
Residents 1,265 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 54 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03450
INSEE code 03107

Ébreuil is a French commune with 1,265 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Gannat .

geography

The 23.22 square kilometer community is located at 310  m on the Sioule , which flows from here in a wide, intensively agricultural valley to the Allier . Ébreuil borders the Puy-de-Dôme department in the south and is ten kilometers from Gannat and 27 kilometers from Vichy .

history

The place goes back to a monastery that was founded in 906 with the relics of St. Leodegar von Autun (around 616-679) and was taken over by the Benedictines in 1180 .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 1333 1347 1311 1222 1148 1230 1261 1260

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Ébreuil

  • Saint-Léger church, former Saint Léger abbey church, one of the early examples of the Auvergne Romanesque (11th century); rebuilt in the early Gothic style in the 13th century ; beautiful portal; 12th and 15th century frescoes; Main altar from the 16th century, behind it a wooden reliquary of St. Leger ; Romanesque statue of the Virgin Mary
  • Former Notre-Dame church (14th and 17th centuries), now the Salle des fêtes (ballroom)
  • Chapelle (Chapel) du Châtelard, 16th century
  • Chapelle (Chapel) de La Grave, 16th century
  • Hôpital, built on the foundations of the monastery in the 18th century
  • Maison à échauguette, 15th century manor house
  • Market hall , built at the beginning of the 19th century
  • Château du Chatelard (castle), 13.-16. and 19th century
  • Sioule Bridge from 1825, 5-lobed

Personalities

Others

  • The film Fortunat based on the novel of the same name by Michel Breitman was shot in Ébreuil in 1960 .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 298-308.
  • Bettina Forst: Auvergne. Cevennes. Massif Central. 2nd, completely updated and expanded edition. Reise Know-How Verlag Rump, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-8317-1545-9 , p. 152.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adriaan Breukelaar:  Leodegar. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 1466-1468.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  2. ↑ www.petit-patrimoine.com
  3. ↑ Saint-Léger Church. In: Structurae
  4. ↑ lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/ebreuil
  5. ↑ Sioulebrücke Ebreuil. In: Structurae

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