Theme Week Auvergne – Montluçon

27 July 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Château of the Dukes of Bourbon © Lionel Allorge/cc-by-sa-3.0

Château of the Dukes of Bourbon © Lionel Allorge/cc-by-sa-3.0

Montluçon (Occitan: Montleçon) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department’s prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as Montluçonnais. The town is in the traditional province of Bourbonnais and was part of the mediaeval duchy of Bourbon. Montluçon is located in the northwest of the Allier department near the frontier of the Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions.   read more…

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