Montaigut

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Montaigut
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
Community association	Pays de Saint-Éloy
Coordinates	46 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 49 ′  E
height	535-714 m
surface	8.18 km 2
Residents	987 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	121 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	63700
INSEE code	63233
Website	http://www.ville-montaigut.fr/

Montaigut (formerly Montaigut-en-Combraille ) is a French municipality with 987 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement of Riom and is part of the canton of Saint-Éloy-les-Mines .

geography

The municipality is located in the Combraille countryside , around 25 kilometers southeast of Montluçon and 40 kilometers northwest of Riom . In the north it borders on the neighboring Allier department . Neighboring municipalities to Montaigut are:

• Buxières-sous-Montaigut in the northeast,
• Saint-Éloy-les-Mines to the east and south-east,
• Youx in the south,
• La Crouzille and Ars-les-Favets to the west and
• La Celle in the northwest.

The place itself is on the south side of a small hill. To the west of it rises the Bouron River , which was dammed up here to become the Étang de la Prade and turned into a leisure center. The departmental road D2144, which leads from Riom to Montluçon , supplies the municipality with traffic.

history

The name of the place comes from the hill Mons Acutus , which occupied a strategically important position between the Duchy of Auvergne and the Bourbonnais . Montaigut was the capital of what was then the Barony of Combraille .

Population development

year	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009
Residents	1,665	1,547	1,476	1,235	1,129	1,075	1,047

Attractions

• City tower (12th century - Monument historique )
• Church (12th / 13th century - Monument historique)
• "Apothecary House" (16th century - Monument historique)

Partner municipality

• Wissmannsdorf , Germany

Web links

Commons : Montaigut (Puy-de-Dôme)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00092195
2. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00092196
3. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PA00092197