Montbard

General information

Montbard is a common French, chief town of district, sub-prefecture of the department of the Coast-with Or attached to the area Burgundy.

It is twinned with Couvin in Belgium and Ubstadt-Weiher in Germany.

Its inhabitants is Montbardois .

Geography

is located at the North-West of Dijon, it is crossed by the Brenne and the Canal of Burgundy. Its station is served by TGV Paris - Dijon, which connects it to Paris in one hour.

Heraldic

Here the Blasonnement of the traditional weapons of the town of Montbard:

“Of azure, with two barbels of gold posed in fasce one of the autre ; the first turned on the right, and the second on the left ; with the old chief of Burgundy. ”.

To note that this blasonnement remains not very orthodoxe in its statement.

Etymology

The site of Montbard is a small mount which bars the valley of Brenne. However, the etymology of the name remains dubious.

History

The site of Montbard is occupied as of the Antiquité.

At the time of the Gallic, Montbard shelters a community of Druide S. With the Middle Ages, it is an important city laying out of sound strong Château. In 1070, Aleth, the mother of saint Bernard is born to with it. In 1231, it is set up with the row of commune. It is then a place of frequent stays of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy. In 1590, it is besieged by the count de Tavannes, lieutenant of Henri IV, which fights the duke of Nemours. In 1707, the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count de Buffon, are born to with it.

In 1833, the Channel of Burgundy is opened there with navigation. In 1926, by decree of Raymond Poincaré, Montbard becomes sub-prefecture.

Famous characters

Louis Arnoux (1913-2006), painter.
Jean Bardin (1732-1809), painter of history.
Buffon, (1707-1788), naturalist and mathematician.
Henri-Gédéon Daloz (1861-1941), painter and photographer.
Daubenton, (1716-1800), naturalist.
Benjamin Guérard (1797-1854), writer.
Eugene Guillaume (1822-1905), sculptor.
Jean-Andoche Junot (1771-1813), general of the First Empire.
Jean Claude Misset (1947), painter.
Edmé Georges Piot (1828-1909).
Chantal Quenneville (1887-1969), painter.

Administration

Economy

The city has an antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Dijon.

Places and monuments

Park and museum Buffon
Jacquemard, offered to the city by the Duke Philippe the Good, in 1430.

With the surroundings

the Abbey of Fontenay, located on the territory of the commune of Marmagne, with three kilometers in the North-East.
With fifteen kilometers in south-east is the site of Sorb-apple-Holy-Queen, place where officially proceeded the battle of Alésia between Vercingétorix and Jules César and during which Vercingétorix was overcome.
the Forges of Buffon are with approximately three kilometers in the North-West, built by Georges Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon, in 1768 to continue its experiments on metals.
the Castle of Montigny-Montfort, XIIIe century, refuge twice of Holy Shroud.

Twin towns

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