Chantelle
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Allier | |
Arrondissement | Moulins | |
Canton | Gannat | |
Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 14 ' N , 3 ° 9' E | |
height | 258-349 m | |
surface | 10.96 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,077 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 98 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 03140 | |
INSEE code | 03053 | |
Website | www.chantelle-le-chateau.fr | |
Saint Vincent Abbey |
Chantelle (formerly Chantelle-le-Chateau ) is a French municipality with 1077 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins and the canton of Gannat .
geography
The municipality is located in the valley of the Bouble , about 25 kilometers northwest of Vichy .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
Residents | 1095 | 1121 | 1069 | 1084 | 1043 | 1040 | 1056 | 1064 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chantelle
- Abbey of Saint-Vincent de Chantelle , Monument historique (repopulated in 1853 by the Pradines Benedictine Abbey, which goes back to Thérèse de Bavoz , elevated to an abbey in 1891)
- Maison du Pays Chantellois (16th century)
- Saint-Nicolas church (19th century)
- Gorges of the Bouble
Personalities
- Joseph Antoine Morio (1771–1811), officer, Minister of War of the Kingdom of Westphalia
- Jean Boffety (1925–1988), French cameraman
- Anne de Beaujeu (1461–1522), also Anne de France , daughter of the French King Louis XI., Died in Chantelle
literature
- Camille Grégoire: Le Canton de Chantelle. Grégoire, Moulins 1909 (Fac-similé: Chantelle et ses environs (= Monographies des villes et villages de France. 312). Res Universis, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-87760-259-1 ).
- Gilbert Boudant: Histoire de Chantelle. C. Desrosiers, Moulins 1862, ( digitized version ).
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 89-93.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Vincent de Chantelle Abbey in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Web links
- Community presentation (French)
Commons : Chantelle - collection of images, videos and audio files