Auzon

Auzon is a common French, chief town of Canton, at the border of the department of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme, in the area Auvergne. The inhabitants are Auzonnais and étymologiquement Alzoniens, they carry “the eat-plum” pseudonym.

Auzon belongs to the Arrondissement of Brioude in the Second district of the Haute-Loire.

The currency of the country is “ Auzon always ”.

The employers' festival: August 10th.

Geography

The city located in Brivadois, is located at the confluence Allier and of Auzon, in overhang of the plain of small the Limagne, carries Livradois-Drill driving with the high plateaus of Saint-Germain-the Herm and the Chair-Dieu.
Auzon Communauté is served by the highway Clermont Ferrand/Béziers - has 75

Communes bordering on the Puy-de-Dôme

Environment

Factory arsenic!!

Etymology

The name seems to correspond to a hydronymic root preceltic: Alz- > Auz-, Awz- indicating water, source or river.

Various C-Ws communication: Castrum Also (11th century), Ozun (12th century), Alsos (1206), Ausonium (1220), Alzonium (1252), Oson (1258), Auzonio (1293), Ozon (1358), Aulzon (1379), Auzon (1401), Alzon in Auvergne (1412).

History

Celtic time

Gallo-Roman time

In territory arverne .
Towards 55 av JC, at the beginning of the hostilities to Vercingétorix, César and its armies cross small Limagne…
In the southern wall of the Church the St. Lawrence, a stone of re-employment of a primitive building is present. It is a engraved block out of arkose, a partially hidden major index, bearing in favor of the occupation of the place or the surroundings at the beginning of our ère.
In spite of discoveries in various hamlets - fragments of sigillée and '' tegulae '', currencies of the colonies of Nimes - it seems always impossible to prove the existence, before the Xe century, of a habitat or sanctuaries Christian on the rock of Auzon.
However many toponyms seems to come from Celtic or Gallo-Roman formation.

To Brioude, towards 304, the burial of the martyr Julien, decapitated by Roman soldiers, will radically transform the influence of the area during the late Antiquité.

With Vergongheon and Lempdes-on-Allagnon, of large '' villae rusticae '' are located near the ancient road and of a Gallo-Roman axis.

Between Azérat and Agnat, sources of subterranean water are utilisées.

evangelization of the area, works of Saint Austremoine.

the Roman Emperor of origin arverne, Avitus was perhaps buried in Brioude close to the Julien martyr.

Towards 470-475, the Burgondes and the Visigoths invaded Arvernie still Roman. The emperor Julius Nepos yields it to the king Euric.
Euric names Victorius to control Auvergne. This one is made build Castrum Victoriacium in the area of Brioude.

The Middle Ages

Time mérovingienne

Of the coins carrying the inscription " Vicus Brivatensis" are struck in Brioude.

  • Of Gaulle mérovingienne we know only very few things. Indeed, no archaeological vestige not having to date was discovered, we can only affirm the existence of a church strengthened on the commune of Saint-Jean-Saint-Gervais. The fact that of Auzon still have in XIe century of the rights on said these baptistries, indicates that they built on their grounds these first Christian sanctuaries.

That would seem to be subsequently the case for the churches of Vézézoux, Holy-Florine, Brassac-the-Mines…

With the VIIe century Brioude is ransacked by the raids sarrasines.

Franks Casket
  • the box of Auzon

A jewel of the art runic found with the Castle of Auzon. wiki Franks Casket
Wiki Runenkästchen von Auzon

facsimiles of the cross
They are copies of parchments mérovingiens. They were discovered in the Romance crucifix in 1927 by the abbot H. Virat. Unfortunately, they inform us only about singular the relics which the chapter the St. Lawrence had. Was a temple built on this rock headland?

Carolingian time

In 768 pennies the pressure of Pip the Brief, Aquitaine, from which the area will form part, falls under the yoke from the Francs.

The Norman ones ransack Limagne de Clermont, go up To combine it and pass in front of Alzon…

Feudal time

the king Louis V of France marries Adélaïde of Anjou in Brioude.

The feudal change seems to mark the expansion of the city and its fortifications. Fortresses public, " Castrum Alzo " , will appear in the charters held of Bompar with the beginning of the Xe century. The seigniory constitutes a new social space, it is a base of exploitation, monitoring and military operations. Little by little, in a rise of violence, the aristocracy monopolizes the power comtale and controls the farming community. In this disturbed company a new change starts. the Peace of God. The Church, concerned to protect and apply a brake at the usurpations due to the bankruptcy of the civil capacity, binds to the population in order to find its legal influence. In a new ritual environment, it légitimise the new social hierarchy which will work out the theory of the three orders.
En 1043, after the creation of the abbey of Chair-God, the stronghold quickly becomes a point of more important passage. As of XIIe century, " Dei" Put; becomes the most important abbey of the order Benedictine after Cluny. In this context splendid the collegial Saint Laurent was founded. It preserves still today its appearance of origin harmonizing itself at wonder with its rock esplanade.

Royal time

At the beginning of the XIIe century, after the passage of the royal army Auzon will pass by again partly in the field of the crown, the king Philippe Auguste regulating with the doors of the city a conflict with Henri II king of England. He will come in Brioude in 1179.

  • a strengthened royal city

During the One hundred Year old war, Auzon is one of the “Thirteen good cities” which resist the English invasion.

Auzon, in XVe century has an old people's home rested by François de Montmorin. has your keyboards ….

Heraldic

  • Auzon : Gold mouths hooped, between-sown flowers of lily of same.

  • Arts and Métiers: Of azure in a holy Genevieve keeping her of the same ewes.

Culture and inheritance

low Auvernhat influence Lengadocian

  • the Mine

The Well of the Mole, old dump and head-frame.
… The Gromenil company ceases the exploitation of coal in 1953.

  • shipping

The vats of Lindes, Caps and Albine.

Notre Dame of the port
To combine was for a long time a way navigable.
On its Right Bank was at the XIXe century, close to Vézézoux, a port with a base of construction of boats of transport. One transported hemp, the wine, wood, the fruits and Of course the coal for Paris.

  • the vine

In XIe century, encouraged by the softening of the climate, the vine growers plantérent type of vines until around 1000 meters of altitude. But of XIIe in XVIe century, the climate cools and from many exploitations disappeared.
Nevertheless, with the XVe century, the wine of Auzon was considered and was presented to the king Charles VI like coming from a large vineyard. It is especially at the XIXe century that the vine gives again its hours of glory in low Auvergne. Auzon benefits indeed from the ruin of the vineyards of the south reached by the Phylloxéra. In spite of a wine long tradition, the landscape changes, the southern exposed slopes cover vineyards retained by empierrées terraces. Under the houses with perron, the cuvages and cellars shelter the especially white wine, in departure for Paris. One cultivated also rye and hemp. In this period and as the suckers testify some to the capital auvergnate used for the warehouse of the barrels, Clermont-Ferrand lives at the rate/rhythm of the culture vinicole.
Le transport on Combining it in spite of its already insufficient flow, was still an important economic asset for the Brivadois basin.

  • fairs and gone

Places and monuments

The city preserves an important inheritance. For this reason, certain monuments are registered and classified with the historic buildings.

Church the St. Lawrence d' Auzon

  • Classified MH

The door of Brugelet

  • Classified MH
Carry Gothic agglomeration of style of XIIIe and XVe siècles.
the only one of the four remaining ones.

The market 12th century

  • Classified MH

Castle of Auzon

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Monastery Notre-Dame de Bourbon of Auzon

Brood Bénédictin of the 17th century

Fortifications

Cabane out of stone dries

Personalities related to the commune

Administration

Community life

  • Athletic Auzon Club, football club (male \ female)

Hamlets and localities

  • Boussac

  • Chaniat
  • Chappes
  • Escolges
  • the Barns
  • Grigues
  • Lette
  • Tilery
  • the Barns
  • Lugeac
  • Moulin Pages
  • Moulin Ponsot
  • Moulin Solicit
  • Rizolles
  • Vaureilles

  • Bourguet

  • Barns mountain
  • Mazel
  • Tignaux

Pissevy, Restick, Coast-Mave, Pierre, Combes, Borie, Giraudes, the Boss, the Studs, the Places, Garnasse, Prachêne, Valetta, Montaigut, the guard, Couarde, Crapoux, Suquet, the Juice of Tronchéres, Suc of the Wolf, the coast of the goat, the hospital, the Guard, Thatch, Bagne dog, the Branches, Gaviéres, Sablières, the Cross of the Shelters, Croix Chaniat, Combe Arnaud, Brook of Gaudarel, Brook of the C, Brook of Chastan, Source of Fridière, Source of the borie, Estantol, Ponsot Mill, Mazelet Mill.

Demography

External bonds

  • Site of the town hall Auzon.net
  • Auzon on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Auzon on the site of INSEE
  • Auzon on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Auzon on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Auzon on Mapquest
  • History of Auvergne
  • blog
  • History of Auvergne

See too

  • "Dolmen" known as of Pierre of the Devil Auzon
  • " Dolmen" known as of the Tomb of the Kings
  • " Dolmen" known as Usteau of the Wolf or the Cave of the Fairies Saint-Gervazy
  • " Dolmen" known as Pierre Covered Ambert

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