Bourbon l'Archambault

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Bourbon l'Archambault
Coat of arms of Bourbon-l'Archambault
Bourbon-l'Archambault (France)
Bourbon l'Archambault
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Moulins
Canton Bourbon l'Archambault
Community association Bocage Bourbonnais
Coordinates 46 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 3'  E
height 215-321 m
surface 54.84 km 2
Residents 2,559 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03160
INSEE code 03036

Panorama of Bourbon-l'Archambault

Bourbon-l'Archambault is a French commune with 2,559 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins and is the seat of the community association Bocage Bourbonnais .

geography

The municipality is located on the upper castle , a tributary of the Allier , about 21 kilometers west of Moulins . The lake Étang de Bourbon-l'Archambault extends north of the city .

history

The ancient settlement of Bourbon was in the settlement area of ​​the Biturigen . This city is listed as Aquae Bormonis on the Tabula Peutingeriana . In the Middle Ages, the place was the capital of the Lords of Bourbon , nine of whom were given the first name Archambault between the 10th and 12th centuries. Due to the marriage of Beatrix of Burgundy in 1276 to Robert de Clermont , a son of the French king Louis the Saint , the castle and rule passed to a younger line of the Capetians who had been named Duke of Bourbon (also called House of Bourbon ) since 1327 , which in 1589 replaced the older line of Valois as the ruling dynasty in France. In the 15th century, the Bourbons moved their headquarters to the castle in Moulins . The castle ruin Bourbon-l'Archambault today belongs to the Bourbon line House Orléans .

Bourbon became an important fortress, equipped with 15 towers, and in use until the 15th century. In the 17th century, thermal springs were discovered that are still in use today. In the 19th century the fortress was almost completely demolished. Only three towers were left standing at the urging of the poet Achille Allier .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 2607 2607 2598 2550 2630 2564 2604 2550

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bourbon-l'Archambault

  • Ruins of the castle of the Dukes of Bourbon, including the Qui Qu'en Grogne tower , Monument historique
  • Saint-Georges Church, Monument historique

  • Bourbon-l'Archambault Castle

  • Saint-Georges church

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 33-43.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Château in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Saint-Georges Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Bourbon-l'Archambault  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Aquae Bormonis  - Paulys Realencyclopädie der classical antiquity