Glaine-Montaigut
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand | |
Canton | Billom | |
Community association | Billom Community | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 45 ' N , 3 ° 23' E | |
height | 326-531 m | |
surface | 12.92 km 2 | |
Residents | 572 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 63160 | |
INSEE code | 63168 | |
Mairie Glaine-Montaigut |
Glaine-Montaigut is a French commune in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand and one of the ten municipalities of the Canton of Billom .
The municipality covers 12.92 square kilometers at 326 to 531 m above sea level with 572 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It is 25 km east of Clermont-Ferrand and 6 km northeast of Billom. The name of the parish recalls the old parish of Saint-Jean-de-Glaine and the Montaigut-Listenois castle.
history
The present village Glaine-Montaigut said in Gallo-Roman era Glannius , in the 11th century Gladinas , in the 16th century Gleygnes , in the 18th century de St-Jean Glanes , it was in the time of the revolution Glaine-Montaigut with by merging the village of Montaigut , which is 2 km above the town center. You can still see important ruins of the Château Montaigut-Listenois , the former ancestral seat of a large family that was very influential in the Middle Ages.
Attractions
Saint-Jean church
additional
- Ruins of the Montaigut Castle
- Crosses, fountains and lavoirs
literature
- Anne Courtillé: L'église Saint-Jean de Glaine-Montaigut. In: Société Française d'Archéologie: Congrès archéologique de France. 158éme session, 2000, Basse-Auvergne, Grande-Limagne. Société Française d'Archéologie - Musée des Monuments Française, Paris 2003, pp. 211–219.
- L'histoire de Glaine, Montaigut. Three information sheets, posted in the church, without an author's name.
Web links
- Community website
- About the Saint-Jean church ( Memento of April 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )