Marigny (Allier)

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Marigny
Marigny (France)
Marigny
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Moulins
Canton Souvigny
Community association Moulins Community
Coordinates 46 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 13'  E
height 217-274 m
surface 17.24 km 2
Residents 204 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03210
INSEE code 03162
Website Website Marigny

Saint-Pourçain Church

Marigny is a central French town and municipality with 204 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Allier department in the north of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region .

location

The place Marigny lies at an altitude of about 260 meters above sea level. d. M. in the fertile landscape of the Bourbonnais . The city of Clermont-Ferrand is about 110 kilometers (driving distance) south; the town of Nevers in southern Burgundy is about 60 kilometers to the north.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 233 215 179 197 221 204 191 191

In the 19th century the number of inhabitants rose from around 300 to just under 400; in the first half of the 20th century, as a result of the mechanization of agriculture , it fell to the lows of recent decades.

economy

For centuries, the residents of Marigny lived as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included viticulture; in addition there were regional retail trade and handicrafts. During and after the phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th century, viticulture came to a complete standstill. Some of the vacant houses have been converted into holiday apartments ( gîtes ).

history

Marigny is believed to have Gallo-Roman origins. The medieval name Marigniacus is mentioned in a document. The Romanesque church was built in the 12th century; At that time the place belonged to the - of Cluny dependent - priory of Souvigny .

Attractions

Portal of the Church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Marigny (Allier)

  • The former priory church and today's parish church of Saint-Pourçain is a single-nave high Romanesque building with later side chapels and shows Burgundian- Cluniac style influences (pointed arches) inside ; There are also some remains of frescoes as well as a baptismal font ( fonts baptismaux ) and a figure of Maria Magdalena from the 15th century. On the outside, the building - with the exception of the corner stones and the buttresses - made of roughly hewn quarry stones is dominated by a three-storey bell tower on the south side. The three-pass arch of the zone of the west portal that protrudes slightly from the wall is impressive . The church building was recognized as a monument historique as early as 1919 .
Surroundings
Château de Charnes
  • The Château de Charnes ( 46 ° 35 ′ 33 ″  N , 3 ° 12 ′ 25 ″  E ) was built in the 17th century, but was partially renewed and enlarged in 1720 and 1812. In the courtyard ( cours d'honneur ) are the castle chapel and a pigeon house ( pigeonnier ). The privately owned building complex was recognized as a Monument historique in 1992 .
  • The Gentilhommière des Guilleminots is a rural manor house from the 16th to the early 18th centuries. It is also privately owned.
  • The same applies to the fortified manor of the Manoir fortifié de Champaigue .
  • The 19th century Château des Praux cannot be visited either.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , p. 990.

Web links

Commons : Marigny  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Église Saint-Pourçain, Marigny in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Château de Charnes, Marigny in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)