Montluçon

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Montluçon
Montluçon coat of arms
Montluçon (France)
Montluçon
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Montluçon
Canton Montluçon-1
Montluçon-2
Montluçon-3
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Community association Montluçon Community
Coordinates 46 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  E
height 194-364 m
surface 20.67 km 2
Residents 35,653 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,725 ​​inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03100
INSEE code 03185
Website www.mairie-montlucon.fr

Montluçon Town Hall

Montluçon is a French city ​​in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . With 35,653 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) it is the largest city in the Allier department . Montluçon is the seat of the sub-prefecture ( sous-préfecture ) of the arrondissement Montluçon and seat of the community association Montluçon Communauté .

geography

Montluçon is located in the center of France at a bend in the upper Cher and is the end point of the abandoned Canal de Berry (southern section).

To the north of Montluçon lies the 106 km² national forest Forêt de Tronçais .

Center with the Bourbon Castle
Half-timbered building in the old town

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 55.184 57,871 56,468 49,912 44,248 41,350 39,889 36,147

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Montluçon

  • Old town
  • Church of St-Pierre: 12./13. Century, Romanesque, single-nave, four round columns supported crossing tower; Baptismal font and statue of Maria Magdalena from the 15th century, the church is in the north of the old town
  • Notre-Dame church: Romanesque-Gothic
  • Château des Ducs de Bourbon ( Castle of the Bourbon Dukes ): on Mont Luçon, a granite hill above the city, built in half-timbered style from the mid-13th century
  • Musée des Musiques Poulaires et de la Résistance (in the castle) with over 700 historical and modern instruments and - one floor higher - the representation of the Resistance in general and in the region.
  • Musée / Château de la Louvière: from 1926 in the style of the Ancien Régime , built in the Italian-English style in the middle of a larger park
  • Circuit des Mégalithes in the northeast of Montluçon

  • Facade of the Saint-Pierre church

  • Saint-Pierre, interior view

  • Notre-Dame church

  • Notre-Dame, interior view

Economy and Transport

The city is the economic metropolis of the Bourbonnais with numerous industrial companies.

The upswing from a medieval town to a town of industrial goods production began with the completion of the Canal de / du Berry in 1841, which connected the iron ore deposits of the Berry with the coal deposits at Commentry .

After a crisis at the beginning of the 20th century when the deposits were exhausted, mechanical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering and furniture manufacturing dominate the city today.

The airport Aéroport de Montlucon - Gueret is located about 30 km away.

history

After the Armistice of Compiègne during the Second World War, Montluçon was located in the southern zone of France controlled by the Vichy regime . There was a Gestapo headquarters in Montluçon . This was blown up by the Resistance ; the British agent Nancy Wake was instrumental in this.

Town twinning

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

People with a relationship to the city

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 731-765.

Web links

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

Individual evidence <

  1. ↑ Fête du Jumelage avec Guimaraes le 26 avril , website of the Montluçon City Council, accessed on May 16, 2020