Montbrun-les-Bains

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Montbrun-les-Bains
Montbrun-les-Bains (France)
Montbrun-les-Bains
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Nyons
Canton Nyons et Baronnies
Community association Baronnies en Drôme Provençale
Coordinates 44 ° 11 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 11 '  N , 5 ° 27'  E
height 568-1,362 m
surface 33.26 km 2
Residents 441 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 26570
INSEE code 26193

Village view

Montbrun-les-Bains is a French commune in the Drôme department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is assigned to the Canton of Nyons et Baronnies and the Arrondissement of Nyons .

The village has been classified as one of the Plus beaux villages de France ( Most Beautiful Villages in France ) since 1982 and has many springs.

geography

The southern French mountain town with 441 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located in the south of the Drôme department 95 km south-southeast of Valence at almost 600 meters above sea level on a slope of Mont Ventoux . The Toulourenc flows through the municipality . The climate is Mediterranean and the landscape features vegetation that specializes in drought, with the numerous lavender fields particularly striking. The health resort has a thermal bath .

history

The sulphurous thermal baths were already used in Gallo-Roman times against rheumatism and skin diseases and to open the airways.

In the Middle Ages the rule belonged first to the d'Agoult and de Mévouillon families, and later to the Dupuy dynasty . In the 12th century, the Abbey of Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in Montbrun owned a priory and three churches. All of these institutions were subject to tax. In the 13th century the priory and a church remained.

Charles Dupuy was born in Montbrun in 1530. He was a lieutenant and successor to François de Beaumont - Baron des Adrets and became a leader of the Calvinists . He fought valiantly and was tried hard; for this he received the nicknames "the Protestant Bayard" and "the brave". On August 12 1575 the battle Bataille du pont de Mirabel at Chatillon-en-Diois wounded and captured, he was sent to Grenoble transferred and the Parlement sentenced to death. He was executed the very next day.

Population development

year 1911 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2016
Residents 911 482 464 479 523 467 428 526 444

Anecdote: In 1876, various medical journals reported that it was customary for local women to breastfeed for 2½ to 3 years with the declared aim of preventing further pregnancies ; but if the child died, then either to adopt another child or to put a puppy on the breast regularly to suckle. In this way, the small town became known in numerous foreign trade magazines because a local doctor had observed that the puppies continuously developed rickets, which however disappeared again as soon as they were allowed to suckle their mother again. The doctor then made the opposite attempt and reported that he wanted to have children of rickets cured in this way.

Thermal bath

The thermal bath, which is an essential pillar of economic life for Montbrun and the surrounding area, was expanded in 2006. The health resort has numerous guest operations, including two large holiday villages and two resorts .

Attractions

  • The Beffroi or Tour l'Horloge ( clock tower ) stands halfway up the hill on which Montbrun-les-Bains is enthroned. This crenellated tower with a cast iron lantern served as one of the four city gates of the fortified city in the Middle Ages. The terrace offers an impressive view of the Anary valley (a tributary of the Toulourenc), the village of Reilhanette and the Mont Ventoux. The tower has been a listed building since 1926.
  • The parish church of Notre-Dame dates from the 12th century. The interior of the altarpiece by the sculptor Jacques Bernus (1650–1728) is remarkable, adorned with paintings by the Parrocel family .
  • The ruins of the Renaissance castle Château Dupuy-Montbrun , at the very top of the hill, dominate the place thanks to their size and location.
  • Located in a beautiful park, the Château de Gipière is a thermal bath from the 19th century. It is still in operation and open to the public today.
  • The Château Reybaud is a donjon with a square floor plan, which is located in the upper village center very close to the cliff.

  • Tour l'Horloge

  • Parish Church of Notre-Dame

  • < Château Dupuy-Montbrun

  • Modern thermal bath

traffic

Montbrun-les-Bains had a breakpoint in the Ouvèze valley on the Orange-Buis-les-Baronnies narrow-gauge railway . Today there is a cycle path on the railway line .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Montbrun-les-Bains  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Montbrun-les-Bains on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)
  2. ↑ Le conteur vaudois: journal de la Suisse romande . 14 (1876): 8, pp. 2-3.
  3. ↑ Entry no. PA00116984 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Le Chemin de Fer en Vaucluse (blog). Retrieved February 5, 2016 .