Glaine-Montaigut

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Glaine-Montaigut
Coat of arms of Glaine-Montaigut
Glaine-Montaigut (France)
Glaine-Montaigut
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand
Canton Billom
Community association Billom Community
Coordinates 45 ° 45 '  N , 3 ° 23'  E 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

  • St-Jean, exterior view

  • St-Jean, fresco in the choir apse

  • St-Jean, one of the capitals

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

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