Montbrison (Loire)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
| Canton | Montbrison (main town) | |
| Community association | Loire Forez | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ' N , 4 ° 4' E | |
| height | 370-552 m | |
| surface | 16.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 15,641 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 958 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42600 | |
| INSEE code | 42147 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-montbrison.fr/ | |
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Montbrison is a French municipality with 15,641 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it is the administrative seat of the arrondissement of Montbrison and the capital of the canton of Montbrison .
geography
Montbrison is on the border with the Forez plain , at the foot of the Monts du Forez, 30 kilometers from Saint-Etienne . The city is crossed by the Vizezy River.
history
The first mention of the place comes from the year 870. Under the Counts of Forez Montbrison became the chief town of the county. During the Hundred Years War the place was fortified. Under King Francis I , Montbrison came to the crown of France.
The first horse-drawn tram in Europe ran from Montbrison to Montrond-les-Bains from 1839 to 1848 (→ Tram Montbrison – Montrond ).
On January 1, 2013, the municipality of Moingt, associated since 1973, was finally incorporated after a referendum. Moingt goes back to a Gallo-Roman seaside resort, Aquae Segetae , from the 1st and 2nd centuries. Remnants of the Roman theater can still be seen.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| Residents | 10,697 | 11,213 | 12,451 | 13,280 | 14,064 | 14,589 | 15,127 |
Attractions
The Gothic collegiate church Notre-Dame-d'Espérance was built between 1223 and 1466 and is a Monument Historique (since 1840) a listed building .
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Montbrison (Loire)
Town twinning
There is a city partnership with the Slovenian city of Sežana and the German city of Eichstätt .
Born in Montbrison
- Claude d'Apchon (1721–1783), bishop and archbishop
- Marie Lavoisier (1758–1836), chemist, illustrator and salonnière
- Michael Portier (1795-1859), Roman Catholic clergyman, first bishop of Mobile (USA)
- Victor de Laprade (1812-1883), poet
- Marie-Alain Couturier (1897–1954), Dominican , glass painter and art critic
- Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), composer
- Yves Triantafilos (* 1948), football player
- Christophe Agou (1969-2015), photographer
- Pierrick Cros (born 1992), football player
- Guillaume Cizeron (* 1994), figure skater, world a. European champion in ice dancing
literature
- Christian Bec: Montbrison et sa région , Horvath, 1985.
- Claude Latta: Histoire de Montbrison , Horvath, 1994.
Web links
- Official website of the city
- Illustration by Frans Hogenberg from 1570: Hauptman von Kunig Baron des Andrets gnant, Gwint Montbrison with storming Hant, ... ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Montbrison website ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Église Notre-Dame in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ↑ lessor.fr ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2015 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.
- ^ "A dream has come true" , Eichstätter Kurier of July 5, 2019; Accessed July 6, 2019
