Mont-Dore
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Issoire | |
| Canton | Le Sancy | |
| Community association | Massif du Sancy | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 35 ' N , 2 ° 49' E | |
| height | 897-1,883 m | |
| surface | 35.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,278 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63240 | |
| INSEE code | 63236 | |
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Mont-Dore is a French city with a population of 1,278 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is located in the Arrondissement Issoire (until 2015: Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand ).
location
The place is north of the Puy de Sancy in a valley on the Dordogne in the mountain range of Monts Dore at an altitude of over 1,000 m.
history
The Gauls used the thermal springs here with temperatures of 38 and 40 ° C. Later, the Romans built a spacious, richly equipped thermal bath . During the Middle Ages, bathing was forgotten, and it wasn't until the end of the 17th century that “Mont d'Or” (“golden mountain”) saw bathers again. In the 19th century, the place with its tightly packed houses built from gray lava rock, like the neighboring spa La Bourboule, developed into a thermal bathing resort. The hot springs containing carbonic acid and silicon are used for the therapy of asthmatic and rheumatic diseases. The center is shaped by tourism. In 2006 the place had 1,464 inhabitants.
Attractions
- Établissement Thermal. The Kurhaus , built in 1817, was rebuilt in the neo-Byzantine style at the end of the 19th century. It contains several halls, mosaics, round arches and columns.
- Remains of the Roman baths
- The Catholic Church of St. Pardoux was built in 1852 in neo-Romanesque (inside) and neo-Gothic (outside) style.
- The Temple de protestants in 1895 by architect Emile Camut built
- Les Halles du Mont Dore
- Funiculaire du Cabucin , the oldest funicular in France from 1897/1898. It drives to a clearing on Le Capucin at an altitude of 1286 m. The wooden wagons are driven in the drive room in the summit station with wooden wheels and leather belts. It is the starting point for hiking trails and cross-country skiing trails.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Funiculaire du Capucin ( Memento of the original of May 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Le Mont-Dore. In: Bettina Forst: Auvergne. Cevennes, Massif central. 2nd, completely updated and expanded edition. Reise-Know-how-Verlag Rump, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-8317-1545-9 , pp. 244–246.
