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Penance
Busset (France)
Penance
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Lapalisse
Community association Vichy Community
Coordinates 46 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 31 ′  E
height 265-608 m
surface 36.96 km 2
Residents 910 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03270
INSEE code 03045

Château de Busset

Busset is a French municipality with 910 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 Lapalisse .

geography

Busset is about ten kilometers southeast of Vichy . In the south, the municipal area of ​​almost 37 km² borders on the Puy-de-Dôme department .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 976 914 820 853 881 852 863 940

Attractions

  • Château de Busset, built by the Knights Templar at the end of the 13th century , modified in the Renaissance period; spacious fortified complex; Orion Tower with octagonal roof; with frescoes from the 16th century; Italo-French style park, Monument historique
  • Church (19th century); Christ on the Cross (17th century), Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Grâce (16th century)
  • Chapel of Sainte Marguerite (16th / 18th century)

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 168-171.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Château de Busset in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Entry on culture.gouv.fr

Web links

Commons : Busset  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files