Montmorillon

Montmorillon is a common French, located in the department of the Vienna and the area Poitou-Charentes.

Its inhabitants is called Montmorillonnais.

Geography

The city is located at 50km in the South-east of Poitiers and 90km in the North-West of Limoges. Crossing by the Gartempe.

History

With the the Middle Ages, Montmorillon had a castle-extremely. It was located at the top of a cliff, close to the Notre-Dame church; there does not remain any trace about it today.
the foundation with Montmorillon, by Pierre of the Market, the most former laic brotherhood of assistance known in Poitou, obtains episcopal and pontifical confirmation in 1107 at the time of the council of Rheims. It is on EC compost that the Hôtel God of the city develops then. The establishment is strengthened during the One hundred Year old War.
Ruined by the wars of religion, the Hotel God is raised by the order of Augustins reformed, which assume its mission of medical care and charity until the Revolution.
Under the Old Mode, the city was the seat of a royal Sénéchaussée.
Chief town of district under the Revolution, then sub-prefecture starting from the Consulate, Montmorillon has also preserved a magistrates' court for this time.
At the 19th century there were a free catholic library, a library of the Fathers Jesuits, a library with the Small Seminar and a library " S.P. Montis Maurilionis".
Transformed into Small Seminar at the 19th century, the Hotel God was a long time a school seedbed and a cradle of ecclesiastical vocations.

Economy

The factory of pieces of furniture of kitchen: Domoform (in the past factory To arrange), pertaining to the Snaidero group was the last industry of the commune. It closed its doors for economic reasons in 2006.

Administration

|- | align=right| 1995 || 2008 || Russian Guillaume ||align=" center" | UMP || align=" center" | Vice-president of the General advice |- | align=right| 1879 || 1885 || Auguste Delagrave||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - |- | align=right| 1871 || 1878 || Charles Nouveau Dupin||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | Chevalier of the Legion of Honor |- | align=right| February 26th 1871 || April 11th 1871 || Louis Bonnet||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | Provisional mayor |- | align=right| September 19th 1870 || February 24th 1871 || Honore Mathieu Ducoudray||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | Provisional mayor |- | align=right| July 15th 1859 || 1870 || Charles Nouveau Dupin||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | Chevalier of the Legion of Honor |- | align=right| October 31st 1852 || May 21st 1859 || Marc Jerome Cherbonnier||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - |- | align=right| March 28th 1848 || October 24th 1852 ||Norman François||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - |- | align=right| 1844 || March 6th 1848 ||Jules Butaud||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - |- | align=right| 1829 || 1838 ||Antoine Butaud||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - |- | align=right| 1813 || 1814 ||Jean-Edmond Taveau||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - |- | align=right| 1794 || 1794 ||Nicolas, Louis, Sylvain Estourneau de Tersannes||align=" center" | -|| align=" center" | - Source of 1845 to 1885: departmental records of comes in ligne

Demography

Culinary specialities

the Macaroon, whose trade secret is still inviolate today, and who is the inheritance of the Rannou-Métivier family. Derived specialities of cookie factory: macaroné, octogonal, Visitandine, good same.
the traditional lamb barbecue: a sheep or a lamb with the pin, often stuffed with a mixture with sorrel, bread, milk and fatty bacon (principal components of the make-up poitevin, or of stuffed poitevin), accompanied by haricot beans (" the favée" in patois), cooked with a large onion piqué of cloves. The old ones still put the " at it; gravé" , fatty bacon ends turned russet, and incorporated in beans with the molten fat.
the mijet (or mijot): mix wine, of sugar and bread. Refreshing receipt, which gives place to a very known local festival, every year, to the place said " masts of Saulgé". The mijet little to decline itself in " soup with the ajasse" , where one will replace the wine by milk, and which will be intended to the children.

Famous characters

the novelist Régine Deforges in is originating. She took part in the creation of the biennial living room of the book of Montmorillon. She is also at the origin of the idea of the City of the Writing and the trades of the book.

Etienne Flat-bottom (1390 - 1442) says Hire . Born in 1390 with Castéra-Flat-bottom (Haute-Garonne), it adopts the Dauphin Charles as of the beginning of the wars, in 1418 and uniting with Poton de Xaintrailles. When on April 22nd, 1429, Jeanne d' Arc leaves Blois for Orleans, Hire, old thirty-nine years, follows it. Jeanne made of them to one of her very first captains. When Jeanne was taken with Compiegne by Burgundian on May 23rd, 1430, then sold with English who brought it to Rouen, Hire did not hesitate to try the takeover by force to carry the city. It is while trying to quérir helps that it was betrayed by the Burgundian ones and taken. After the death of Jeanne, it continues the fight for its king: winner with Gerbevoy in 1435, Normandy campaign with Dunois as a 1438.Capitaine-general of Normandy, lord of Montmorillon and lord of the manor of Longueville. He died in Montauban on January 11th, 1442, at the time of the countryside of Guyenne. English had called it " Hire-Dieu" (will go-Dei: the anger of God), whereas French gave his name to a figure of the card deck: the Knave of hearts. Its tomb was in Montmorillon but no trace remains about it.

Jean-Felix Dutrou de Bornier , born in Montmorillon 3.12.1741. Lawyer in Parliament resulting from a middle-class line, it acquires an office of advising of the king in the seneschalsy of Montmorillon in 1783. Elected official representing of the third-state of the province of Poitou to the General states of 1789, it sits at the Constituent Assembly of 1789 to 1791. He is then successively appointed (not regicide) of Vienna to the Convention, the Councils of Old and the Five hundreds, and finally member of the Legislative Body until year XII. He dies the 22.03.1816 in Montmorillon.

Jean-Baptiste Onésime Dutrou-Connector block , born 19.11.1834 in Montmorillon and great-grandson of the precedent. Adventurer of the remote seas, follower of smuggling, it is patented captain with the long course in the merchant navy in 1860 and is established as colonist with the Easter Island in 1867. Having allured Koreto , the queen of the island, he becomes chief of the government then " king of the Easter Island ". It dies there under mysterious conditions (assassinated by a rival?) the 6.08.1876

General Paul de Ladmirault (1808-1898).

Bernard Harent , born 24.07.1916 in Montmorillon. Warrant officer of career, it was stationed in Lebanon as sergeant furrier with the 24e regiment of colonial infantry at the time of the armistice of 1940. Member of a detachment which rejoins Free France as of July 1940, it integrates the 1st battalion of marines and combat in Libya and Syria. Promoted candidate, it joined into 1942 the commandos parachutists of the infantry of the air, and takes part in the raids of the desert and special operations of the British army in Africa. It is quoted with the order of the nation by the de Gaulle general in 1943 after an in-depth raid in Tunisia. Parachuted in Brittany on June 10th, 1944 to frame the marquis of Saint-Marcel, the Harent second lieutenant is killed with the combat with Plumelec three days later. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Created Companion of the Release on a purely posthumous basis by decree of the 29.12.1944

Tourist monuments and places

Montmorillon is classified town of art and history.

Octogonal of Montmorillon (12th century)
Church Notre-Dame (XIIe-14th century) and her crypt with a very beautiful mural fresco of the 12th century, reporting the crowning of Catherine of Alexandria. It with the characteristic to have a side without windows; the reason is historical: at the time of the Wars of religion, the windows on the side most difficult to defend were walled.
House-God (vault Saint Laurent: frontage and plank 12th century and murals 19th century)
Saint-Martial Church: the oldest wing is Moyen-âge; outside, it is the least accessible part for the public. The remainder of the church is 19th century. It has stained glasses of the same time; example holy Maurice d' Agaune, Egyptian of Thèbes, died as a martyr in the Alps
Vault of the Grandmont ains: it is used as showroom. This building goes back to several centuries, it was used initially by the order of the monks about Grandmont. A priori , this building was not used to them as vault; it is called vault improperly, by abuse language.

Geology: montmorillonite

The town of Montmorillon gave its name in French (and English) to the Montmorillonite, a component of certain varieties of Argile. This substance is used against the Gastro-entérite.

Events

the City of the writing and the trades of the book.

The City is located in the middle of the medieval district which was dilapidated before the opening of the site (June 2000). The buildings were bought, renovated and are rented by the city with the financial support of the department, the Area and the European Union. One as well finds there secondhand booksellers, specialists in the old book and occasion, that craftsmen of the trades of the book: Calligrapher, illustrator,

Twinnings

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Made films with Montmorillon

Certain scenes of the film long Sunday of engagement were turned on the army ground of Montmorillon the October 13rd 2003. Documentary on the octagone was turned during its restoration (1997 - 1999).

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