Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

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Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Coat of arms of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (France)
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Moulins
Canton Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Community association Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Coordinates 46 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 18 ′  N , 3 ° 17 ′  E
height 226-306 m
surface 35.67 km 2
Residents 5,160 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 145 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03500
INSEE code
Website www.ville-saint-pourcain-sur-sioule.com

Town Hall Square

Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule is a French commune with 5,160 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It is part of the Moulins arrondissement and the seat of the Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne municipal association .

The area around Saint-Pourçain is known for the wine grown here , the Saint-Pourçain (AOC) .

geography

The small town is located about 25 kilometers northwest of Vichy , near the confluence of the Bouble in the Sioule , which flows a few kilometers north into the Allier .

history

Origin of name

The city is named after St. Portian (Pourçain, died around 532), a freed slave who became a monk and stood up for the population suffering from the attacks of the Merovingian king Theuderic I.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 4799 5088 5345 5199 5159 5263 5046 4971

education

There are several state and church schools in Saint-Pourçain.

Among them, the Lycée and Collège Blaise de Vigenère is the educational institution with the largest number of students. Since 2005 there has been a school partnership with the Ortenburg-Gymnasium in the Bavarian town of Oberviechtach , with which a joint student exchange is carried out every year .

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

  • Holy Cross Church ( Église Sainte-Croix ), former Benedictine abbey church (10th - 13th centuries) with important choir stalls, ( Monument historique )
  • Clock tower (Beffroi) from 1480, (Monument historique)
  • Five Arch Bridge of 1736, 1988 widened to today Charles de Gaulle named
  • Musée de la Vigne et du Terroir, viticulture museum housed in the Maison du Bailli (16th century).

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 960-964.

Individual evidence

  1. Holy Cross Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. Holy Cross Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. Bridge on structurae.de

Web links

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