Aurillac

See also: Aurillac (homonymy)

The city of Aurillac (in Occitan Orlhac , in occitan medieval Aorlhac ) is a common French of the area of Auvergne. It is the Préfecture department of the Cantal (15).

Its inhabitants is called Aurillacois.

Geography

Aurillac is located in the Massif Central at the Confluent of the Cère and the Jordanne.

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

The communes closest to Aurillac are:

Climate

Aurillac is famous to be the coldest city of France. In fact, it is simply on the panel Météo of the French television channels, the city having the highest Altitude. The departmental delegate of Weather France, Jean-Pierre Lemarchand, refutes this rumor, publishing official statements and distributing press kits to cancel this vision of the things. He frequently refers to the statements of temperatures carried out in the department since the Années 1920 and underlines for example that the annual average of days of frost passed from 80 in the Années 1980 to 70 during the following decade.

Demography

Note:
1: the census of 2004 is only one data provisional of INSEE .

History

The origin of Aurillac ( Aureliacum = villa of Aurelius) goes up at the time Gallo-Roman E, that of which attests the polygonal fanum of Aron builds with the I {{er}} century and discovered in 1977 in Lescudillier.

One can think that at the time Gallic, the primitive site of the city was on the heights which dominate the city with Saint-Jean-of-Gives (" Dône" = dunum) and that, like the majority of the oppida, it was abandoned after the Roman conquest with the profit of a new city established in the plain. With the return of the insecurity of the the Lower Empire, one attends the movement of castramerisation: a new strengthened site is established with semi-slope between old the oppidum and the old Gallo-Roman city, where is today the Saint-Etienne castle.

The history of the city is really known only from 856, year of birth of the Count Géraud, with the castle whose his/her father, also named Géraud, was the lord. Towards 885, this one founds a Abbaye Bénédictine which will bear its name later.

It is in this Monastère that Gerbert will study, first Pape French under the name of Sylvestre II.

The city was constituted on a territory of Sauveté which is located between four crosses and which were founded in 898 by Géraud shortly after the abbey. Of circular form, the first urban unit was made in the vicinity immediate of the Abbaye of Aurillac. Géraud dies towards 910 but its radiation is such in the population of Aurillac and the surroundings that with the wire of the centuries and still nowadays, Géraud is a first name of widespread Baptême.

It is at the thirteenth century that one starts with well knowing the municipal habits thanks to a conflict between the Consul S and the Abbé S. After the catch of the Château Saint-Etienne in 1255 and two awards called the Paix of Aurillac, the relations will be standardized.

With 13th and 14th centuries, Aurillac supports several seats against the English and at the sixteenth century, continuous to undergo the civil wars and nuns.

The influence of the abbey declines with its secularization and its setting in commende.

In 1569, the city delivered by treason to the Protesting S, tortured, held to ransom inhabitants and the awfully ransacked abbey. All its library and all its files are burned.

Before the Revolution, Aurillac shelters a Présidial and carries the title of capital of High-Auvergne. In 1790 with the creation of the departments, after one period of alternation with Saint-Flour, Aurillac becomes definitively the chief town of the Cantal.

It is the arrival of the Railway, in 1866, which accelerates the development of the city. With the first census, in 1759, Aurillac counted 6.268 inhabitants, it counts some today more than 30.000. Town of Fair S and Gone S, Aurillac is always a place of exchanges and trade, a city which makes reception a priority.

Heraldic

Mouths, with three money shells, the chief of azure, charged with three flowers of gold lily| Malta-Brown |illustrated France (1882)
The three money shells, which were in the beginning on only one line, come owing to the fact that Aurillac was a place of stage for the pilgrims who went to Saint-Jacques-with-Compostelle while coming from Puy.
The chief of azure charged with three flowers of gold lily indicates the Bonnes cities and dates from the time when Aurillac had provided a body of two hundred men of elite to the king Charles VII to fight the English.

“Semi gold party to engrêlure of sinople as a chief, and sinople with gold engrêlure around. ”

These weapons represent a miraculous fact reported in the life of saint Géraud by Odon of Cluny. At the time of the First crusade, they became the banner which is at the origin of the current weapons of the Auvergne.

Economy

Historical capital of the Parapluie, Aurillac is at the origin of more than half of the French production, which represented 250.000 units in 1999, and provided 100 employment. This industry underwent several decades of decline at the end of the 20th century. To be reinforced, the manufacturers of umbrella aurillacois gathered in 1997 within a GIE and of a label, Aurillac Parapluie.

Aurillac is the seat of a Internet site related to the video games: Jeuxvideo.com

It is also the seat of a Internet site related to the Camion S: and with the commercial vehicles: of occasion

Aurillac is also the seat of the European Leader of the feather beds & pillows health, ABEIL.

Aurillac is the seat of the Chamber of commerce and industry of the Cantal which manages villages of company of which that of Tronquières with Aurillac. the Room manages the Aéroport of Aurillac.

Administration

Aurillac is Chef-lieu department of the Cantal (seat of the Préfecture), district of Aurillac, but also of four cantons (the names are denominations INSEE) between which it is divided:

  • 1 {{er}} canton of Aurillac - 9.056 hab. of the only town of Aurillac
  • 2 {{E}} canton of Aurillac - 4.845 hab. of Aurillac, and 3 other communes
  • 3 {{E}} canton of Aurillac - 10.360 hab. of the only town of Aurillac
  • 4 {{E}} canton of Aurillac - 6.290 hab. of Aurillac, and 9 other communes.

Famous characters

Famous characters born in Aurillac

Contemporary politicians born in Aurillac

Culture

  • Aurillac profits from the presence of a higher center from dance, movement and image created by Vendetta Mathea, a personality of the world of the internationally known dance.

Festivals, concerts, theaters

  • the Festival of Aurillac (International festival of theater of street of Aurillac) is held each year since 1986, at the end of August one four days duration. During three in June days, has place a gastronomical and cultural festival, " The European ones of the goût". * The Theater of Aurillac, 4 rue de La Coste

  • 2007 marks first the 36 Hour old edition of Aurillac, Solos and small danced parts (36heures.fr)

Exposures

  • Museum of the volcanos, with the castle Saint-Etienne
  • Museum of art and archeology of Aurillac, 37 rue des Carmes

Learned societies, universities

  • Company of High-Auvergne (Company of the letters, sciences and arts " The Highone;)
  • University interâge of High-Auvergne
  • genealogical and heraldic Circle of Auvergne and Velay (CGHAV)
  • Cantalpassion
  • Committee of High-Auvergne

Periodic reviews, newspapers, publications

  • Re-examined of High-Auvergne (RHA)
  • JeuxVideo.com, site dedicated to the Video games

Tourist monuments and places

At the beginning of Aurillac, is stretched a Route of the Peaks.

The area of Aurillac is rich in castles which one can visit.

Religious heritage

  • Saint-Géraud Church of Aurillac, XV {{E}} and 16th century.
  • Church Our-Lady-with-Snows, old vault of the convent of the Cordeliers (15th century).
  • Church of the Sacred Heart, construction of the 20th century, with a curious way of cross cut in the stone.
  • Church Saint-Joseph-Workman
  • Vault of Aurinques (16th century).

Civil inheritance

  • the Castle Saint-Etienne which overhangs the city
  • the Musée of art and archeology of Aurillac, old stud farm, 37 rue des Carmes
  • old the consular Maison of Aurillac
  • old the Présidial d' Aurillac (ISMH)
  • old the Collège of the Jesuits of Aurillac (MH)
  • old the Abbaye of the Boxwood
  • the Tribunal of Aurillac (ISMH)
  • the Théâtre of Aurillac (ISMH)
  • the Mairie of Aurillac (ISMH)
  • the Préfecture of Aurillac (ISMH)

Sport

  • Stage aurillacois Cantal Auvergne: equip with Rugby which celebrated in 2004 its 100 years and which evolves/moves in 2007 in Pro d2. Aurillac is a country of Rugby since it is one of the rare cities where there are more spectators with the matches of Rugby than to the matches of football. The matches proceed at the “Stage Jean Alric”. The stage aurillacois is champion of France 2006 from Federal 1 and goes up as a pro D2 for the season 2007-2008.
  • Aurillac Foot Cantal Auvergne: equip with Football which evolves/moves in CFA. To note that the reserve of Aurillac evolves/moves in Honneur regional since 2007.
  • Aurillac Handball Cantal Auvergne: equip with Hand-ball which evolves/moves in the championship of France Division 2.
  • Stade Jean Alric: municipal stage of the town of Aurillac and its club of Rugby, the Stage Aurillacois Auvergne Cantal. It owes its name with Jean Alric, former player of the club, shot with Aurillac by the German during the Second world war.
  • Basketball: Aurillac has two clubs whose two teams 1 evolve/move with the more regional high level. It is about the BAAG (Tennis shoe club Aurillac Arpajon Géraldienne) and the Chantillian.

Twinnings

Since 1972, Aurillac and its neighbor Arpajon-sur-Cère have a common joint committee and are jointly twinned with:

Files

  • parochial Registers and of civil statue from? (various gaps in XVIe, XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries) - See the microfilms or digitalizations with the Departmental records of the Cantal.

See too

  • Common of the Cantal

External bonds

  • Official site of the town of Aurillac
  • Site of the Community of Agglomeration of the Basin of Aurillac
  • Aurillac on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Aurillac on the site of INSEE
  • Localization of Aurillac on a chart of France and communes bordering
    • tourist
  • average Altitude and other details

Sources

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