Commentry

Commentry (in Occitan Comentric kəmeⁿˈtri) is a common French, located in the department Allier and the area Auvergne.

Geography

It is located at 17 km in the south-east of Montlucon.

History

Administration

Fomé Guy mayor of 1989 to 2001

Demography

Places and monuments

Church of the Sacred Heart of the XXe century
Town hall of the XIXe century
Church Saint-Face of XIIe century to the old borough
Forging mills of Commentry of the XIXe century
Factories of Commentry of the XIXe century

Personalities related to the commune

Christophe Thivrier born in 1841 died in 1895, miner as of the 13 years age, then oilcan, baker, merchant of wine. It is elected city council man of Commentry in 1874 on a republican list. Elected official mayor of Commentry on June 6th, 1882, he is the first socialist mayor in the world. Elected official appointed in 1894, it présentat at the assembly in the blouse blue of the workmen bourbonnais itself and refused to pose it under the injunctions of the ushers, it was excluded temporarily from this one to have shouted: “The Commune Lives”.

Jacques Hillairet, the large specialist in the History of Paris, of its true name Auguste André Coussillan, was native of Commentry.

See too

Common To combine it

External bonds

Commentry on the site of the national geographical Institute
Commentry on the site of INSEE
Commentry on the site of Quid
Localization of Commentry on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Commentry on Mapquest

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