Murol
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Issoire | |
| Canton | Le Sancy | |
| Community association | Massif du Sancy | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 34 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 785-1,500 m | |
| surface | 15.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 588 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63790 | |
| INSEE code | 63247 | |
 View from Murol Castle |
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Murol is a French municipality with 588 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Issoire and the Canton of Le Sancy .
geography
The mountain village is located in the volcanic landscape of the Monts Dore on the department road 996 near the volcanic lake Lac Chambon .
history
The place is mentioned as Murolium in 1145 . The Chamba family ruled there in the 13th century, then the d'Estaing family from the 14th to the 18th century.
Attractions
- Murol Castle : The castle , which stands on a basalt dome over the Vallée Verte, was built between the 12th and 16th centuries and is now a major tourist attraction.
- Old mansions
- Monument to the painter Victor Charreton (1864–1936)
- Romanesque church
- neo-Gothic parish church from 1888
- Village church of Beaune-le-Froid
- Musée archéologique municipal, the city's archaeological museum
literature
- Gabriele Kalmbach, Hans E. Latzke: Auvergne and Cevennes . DuMont Reiseverlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7701-6065-7 , p. 122–123 ( full text in Google Book Search).
Web links
Commons : Murol - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olivier Ffrench: Castle of Murol. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 17, 2010 ; accessed on October 27, 2010 (English). 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.
