Ébreuil

Ébreuil is a common French, located in the department Allier and the area Auvergne.

Geography

Ébreuil is located at 10 km of Gannat, 27 km of Vichy and 30 km of Saint-Pourçain-on-Sioule.

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

in the canton of Ébreuil :
Chouvigny, Lalizolle, Sussat and Vicq;
in the Canton of Gannat (District of Vichy) :
Stammerers and Gannat;
in the Canton of Combronde (District of Riom, Department of the Puy-de-Dôme) :
Fields;
in the Canton of Menat (district of Riom, department of the Puy-de-Dôme) :
Saint-Quintin-on-Sioule.

History

Malta-Brown, in illustrated France (1882), devoted a small note to the history of Ébreuil, which one can extract:

“Ébreuil is an old city whose Sidoine Apollinaire makes mention. It was claimed that César had established a camp in the surroundings. All the country was devastated by the Goths, and remains of weapons there are frequently found. Under Charlemagne, Ébreuil had one of the four palates assigned for residence with Louis, his son, raised by him with the throne of Aquitaine. Lothaire made gift of this city to monks, who there founded an abbey, become soon very powerful and very riche ; it had, in 1115, 34 churches in the diocese of Bourges, 6 in the diocese of Rodez er 12 in that of Direction, without counting the richnesses that the relics of Saint Maixent, often visited pilgrims, attracted in Ébreuil, where they had been deposited at the 10th century. During the war of the Praguerie, Ébreuil was taken by the lord of Chabannes, one of the chiefs of the révoltés ; but the city returned soon under the obedience of the king Charles VII, which remained some time there.

The abbey, which had lost much of its importance, was removed at the 18th century by the bishop of Clermont and was replaced by a hospital. ”

Malta-brown mentioned moreover two old Latin denominations for the city: Ebroiacum or Ebrogilum .

Heraldic

Malta-Brown, in illustrated France (1882), brings back two Blasonnement S for the traditional weapons of the town of Ébreuil:

1°) “Of mouths, with the cross quartered of money and azure, confined of 4 flowers of gold lily. ”

money

2°) “, with a weasel of mouths. ”

Nowadays, blasonnement of the city (source arises as follows: The Bank of the blazon “Of mouths to the cross quartered of money and azure, confined of four flowers of gold lily, with the chief also of money charged with a weasel of the field.”

Administration

Demography

In addition, at the time of Census of 1999, the Total population, including the double accounts, was of 1.246 inhabitants.

Religious heritage

Saint-Leger Church, dating from XIe, XIIe, XIIIe and XVIIe centuries, property of the commune. Classified under the historic buildings by decree of April 18th, 1914.

About this church, Malta-Brown wrote:

“the abbey church (...) remains encore ; it is a beautiful building roman ; one sees there the mounting of saint Leger, owner of old the abbaye ; it is a work of XVe century, representing a église ; on the sides are the statuettes of the twelve apostles, and it clotheshanger is surmounted figurines representing of the torturers holding up of a wild air of terrible large knives. ”

See a photo gallery devoted to the Saint-Leger church, on the www.art-roman.net site.

Civil inheritance

House with watch tower, street of the Old man-Bridge, dating from XVe century, private property. Registered on the additional Inventory of the historic buildings by decree of October 15th, 1971. Partial protection: frontage on the street and roof.
Markets, not dated, property of the commune. Registered on the additional Inventory of the historic buildings by decree of October 22nd, 1971.
Castle of Chatelard, dating from XIVe, XVe and XVIe centuries, private property. Registered voter on the additional Inventory of the historic buildings by decree of March 8th, 1982. Partial protection: frontages and roofs of four turns and the vault, vestiges of the covered way.

Files

parochial Registers and of civil statue since:
genealogical Examinations: Marriages 1632-1902, Baptisms 1746-1792 and Naissances 1792-1902
municipal Deliberations since:

See too

Common To combine it

Marquis de Sade educated by the abbot of ebreuil

Donatien Alphonse Francois, marquis de Sade, lord of Coste and Saumane, coseignor of Mazan, general lieutenant to the provinces of Bresse, Bugey, Valmorey and Gex, Mestre of camp of cavalry and Ghent French writer, was born in Paris, in the hotel of Cop (where his mother was lady's companion of the princess), on June 2nd, 1740. From 1744 to 1750, the marquis is with the castle of Saumane, close of Isle-on-Sorgue and perhaps in the abbey of Saint-Leger-D' Ebreuil in Bourbonnais whose his/her paternal uncle is commendatory abbot. the abbot of Sade d' Ebreuil , an abbot society man, humanistic, well-read man and libertine, elegant and solid historian, was responsible for the first education of the young marquis de Sade.

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