Mareugheol

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Mareugheol
Mareugheol coat of arms
Mareugheol (France)
Mareugheol
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Issoire
Canton Brassac-les-Mines
Community association Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Coordinates 45 ° 29 ′  N , 3 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′  N , 3 ° 10 ′  E
height 436-762 m
surface 7.54 km 2
Residents 198 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63340
INSEE code 63209

Mareugheol

Mareugheol is a French commune in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the Puy-de-Dôme in the Arrondissement Issoire in the canton of Brassac-les-Mines .

General

At 7.54 square kilometers, the municipality is one of the majority of the smaller municipalities in France. It is located at 525 to 762 meters above sea level, 6.4 kilometers northwest of Saint-Germain-Lembron and has 198 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

history

The place is mentioned in 1032 as "Maroiolus". The village was fortified during the Hundred Years War (14th / 15th centuries).

Attractions

  • Fort de Mareugheol, remains of a larger (65 m per edge) square fortification of the village made of basalt stones with round corner towers (14th / 15th century); narrow streets inside
  • Within this complex, the church of Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne, Romanesque with later components (12th-16th centuries), with statues of a breastfeeding Madonna (15th century), Saint Guerrier and Saint Roche (17th century); in the octagonal tower a bronze bell from 1747
  • Château d'Eyry (15th century)

  • Mareugheol Church

  • Mareugheol, north front of the fortifications of the medieval village

literature

  • André Bossuat: La Vierge allaitant de Mareugheol (Puy-de-Dôme). In: Bulletin Historique et Scientifique de l'Auvergne. Vol. 65, 1945, ISSN  1153-2599 , pp. 86-92.

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