Vic-le-Comte
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand | |
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Vic-le-Comte ( chef-lieu ) |
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| Community association | Mond'Arverne Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 39 ′ N , 3 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 331-806 m | |
| surface | 18.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,197 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 287 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63270 | |
| INSEE code | 63457 | |
| Website | http://www.vic-le-comte.fr/ | |
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Vic-le-Comte is a French commune in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes , in Puy-de-Dôme , in the Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand and Canton Vic-le-Comte .
The municipality of 18.09 square kilometers is located in the valley of the Allier river at 331 to 806 meters above sea level and has 5197 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The place is 25 kilometers from Clermont-Ferrand and 16 kilometers from Issoire and is on the Cévennes railway line. The landscape around Vic is the volcanic area of Limagne between the course of the River Allier and the mountains of Livradois in the National Park Parc des Volcans.
Vic-le-Comte has around 150 commercial, commercial and handicraft businesses, two primary schools, two kindergartens and a college, as well as various social and administrative facilities. More than 40 clubs are active in the sporting and cultural field.
history
The city was founded by the Gauls and Romans and was the capital of the county of Auvergne from the 13th to 15th centuries. In 1505 Jean Stuart , Duke of Albania and Count de la Marche, married Anne de la Tour, the eldest daughter of John III. de la Tour et de l'Auvergne and Johanna of Bourbon-Vendôme. Their residence was Vic-le-Comte. Due to a lack of offspring, the county of Auvergne and thus Vic-le-Comte came into the possession of Caterina de 'Medici , who, however, never resided here as the French queen.
A young part of the municipality is Longues , which stretches around the paper mill of the Bank of France and where an 18 m high railway viaduct spans the Allier river.
Attractions
- Old town with remains of fortifications such as the Porte Robin city gate, the city's landmark
- Ancien palais (old palace) of the comtes d'Auvergne
- Several mansions
- Fontaine (fountain) of the 16th century
- Château d'Enval
- Château de Busséol, (12th century)
- Ancienne Sainte-Chapelle of the old castle, Renaissance (16th century), burial place of its donors, the Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne and Jean Stuart, with important stained glass windows in the choir and roof turret from 1910
- Saint-Jean church (14th century) with frescoes from this period
Personalities
- Wilhelm XII. (Auvergne) (= Guillaume XII.) Died here on August 6, 1332.
- Charles Payot (1868–1931), military
Town twinning
Parsberg , Upper Palatinate , since 1987
Web links
- Vic-le-Comte website
- The municipality on the side of the Allier-Comté-Communauté
- Website of the Vic-le-Comte wind orchestra, founded in 1865
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage Vic-le-Comte
- ^ Homepage Vic-le-Comte
- ^ Homepage Vic-le-Comte
- ↑ Homepage Parsberg ( Memento of the original of July 8, 2007 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.
