Issoudun

Issoudun is a common French, located in the department of the Indre and the area Center at 240 km at the south of Paris. Its inhabitants is called the Issoldunois (be) .

History

Located halfway Bourges and of Chateauroux, the Gallic city of Uxeldunum , destroyed with the approach of César and rebuilt by this last was always a strategic fortified town disputed by Richard Lion-hearted and Philippe Auguste, and which had to resist in particular the Huguenots, with the members of a league, with large the Condé.
The city loses any historical interest after the Révolution, and the choice of Chateauroux like prefecture of the new department of Indre, is fatal for him.

Since the end of the 19th century, Issoudun is an important center of devotion and Pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary. She is called the town of Notre-Dame of the Sacred Heart .

Since 1950, the area of Issoudun accommodates a center broadcasting transmitter in short waves which makes it possible to diffuse the programs of Radio France Internationale towards the foreigner.

It also diffuses several international radios (examples: Popular China and Free China " Taiwan" , Libya, Central African Republic). Radio operator Japan and World Service off BBC uses transmitters TDF of the French Guiana.

This center includes/understands 20 transmitters of 500 kw, including 12 revolving antennas known as " Alliss". Alliss for " ALLouis-ISSoudun" although Allouis never received the four antennas which were reserved for him. This center is managed, since January 1975, by the Télédiffusion company of France TDF.

The transmitting center currently carries out tests of digital transmissions in standard DIGITAL Radio World (DRM) which must in the long term replace the analogical diffusion.

Listening requires the possession of a receiver short waves (OC/SW), and to be in a radius of 20 km around Issoudun/St-Aoustrille, beyond the signal becomes inaudible until the areas concerned (Africa, America, Asia).

Heraldic

The city carries for armorial bearings: of azure to the gold pairle, accompanied by three flowers of lily of very the .

Administration

Demography

Like most of the cities and villages of Berry, Issoudun knows a demographic Net retreat since the Seventies.

Places and monuments

Old royal city:

the White Tower (keep of the 12th century) allotted to Richard Lion-hearted, recently restored and animated of a beautiful night spectacle dedicated to the knighthood " The Legendary ones of Issoudun". Belfry Des.
Museum of the Saint-Roch Old people's home: he occupies the site of the old Hospital, founded at the 12th century and rebuilt at the 15th century. This vast and beautiful building includes/understands a vault and rooms of the patients of the 12th century like two wings Des. (Celtic funerary objects, together concise of the 8th century at the 15th century, tree of Jessé of the 15th century, remarkable collections of pharmacy of, contemporary art).
Many houses of the 15th century. in the heart of city.
Memories of Honore de Balzac which locates in this city most of " Rabouilleuse ". In homage to the novel and the writer, one finds Maison of there Rabouilleuse, road of Bourges, which one can visit.

Personalities

Auguste Borget (1808 - 1877), painter.
Maurice Châtre (1814 - 1900), writer.
Balzac .

Quotations

“ With due respect to Paris, Issoudun is one of the more old cities of France ” (Balzac).

See too

Common of Indre

External bonds

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

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