Theme Week Auvergne – Montluçon
Thursday, 27 July 2023 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Château of the Dukes of Bourbon © Lionel Allorge/cc-by-sa-3.0
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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.
Montluçon is linked with surrounding regions and towns via four main road axes, plus the highway A71 from Orléans to Clermont-Ferrand ; through a railway linking in the North Vierzon then Paris (3-5h). Formerly the canal de Berry linked Montluçon towards the north. Montluçon is 106 kilometres (66 miles) south of Bourges , 340 km (211 miles) from Paris, 95 km (59 mi) from Clermont-Ferrand , 280 km (174 mi) (3h) from Lyon , 150 km (93 mi) (2h) from Limoges and 400 km (249 mi) from the Atlantic coast.
Château of the Dukes of Bourbon © Lionel Allorge/cc-by-sa-3.0
The upper town, on the right bank of the
Cher , consists of steep, narrow, winding streets, and preserves several buildings of the 15th and 16th centuries. The lower town, traversed by the Cher, is the industrial zone.
The church of Notre-Dame dates from the fourteenth century, the church of St Pierre partly from the 12th. The town hall, with a library, occupies the site of an old
Ursuline convent, and two other convents are used as a college and hospital. Overlooking the town is the
castle rebuilt by
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon , and taken by
Henry IV during the
French Wars of Religion ; it serves as a barracks.
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