Mozac

Mozac is a common French, located in the department of the Puy-de-Dôme and the area of Auvergne.

Pronunciation of Mozac: as in mosa ïque.

The inhabitants of Mozac are called the Mozacois . Before the XXe century, when the C-W communication was Mozat , they were the Mozadaires . (cf hereafter " toponymy ")

Blazon

The composition of the Blason of the commune of Mozac is: Party, with the first of azure to the key of gold posed out of stake, to the second of the first to the flower of gold lily also.
It was until the Revolution that of the Abbaye of Mozac before it is taken again by the commune in the Années 1960.
The key points out the patronage of holy Pierre, since the abbey was called “Saint-Pierre de Mozac”. The Fleur of lily returns to the royal membership since 764 or 848 when the king, Pépin the Brief or Pépin II of Aquitaine wrote a charter of protection and donations for the abbey.

Geography

Localization

Common neighbors or close to Mozac :
Châtelguyon, Enval, Malauzat, Marsat, Ménétrol, Riom, Volvic.
the territory of Mozac is located at the foot of the Chaîne of the puys, bordering on Riom and to 15 km in north on Clermont-Ferrand, chief town of area.

Inheritance

Abbey of Mozac

See also: Abbey of Mozac

The Abbaye of Mozac, which was founded at the 7th century by Saint Calmin, was until the Révolution one of most powerful of Auvergne, with forty priories in the province of which, for most important, Marsat (convent of moniales), Volvic, Royat, Saint-Germain-of-Ditches, etc the abbey of Mozac was attached to the Ordre of Cluny in 1095, during launching with Clermont of the first crusade, by the Pape Urbain II.
The Romance building was very damaged by earthquakes at the 15th century. The chorus, the Transept, the southern side and the Cloître were restored by the Abbé Raymond de Marcenat, in a new architectural style, the Gothic , and by using a material only known since the 13th century, the Pierre de Volvic. The fallen elements with ground, like the many Romance capitals, in Calcareous, were employed again in the Gothic rebuilding. Thus, about thirty capitals of the 12th century were discovered and are exposed today in the concise museum contiguous to the église.
Only the northern side (visible frontage since the street) and the nave remained of the destruction. On the columns of the nave, forty seven Romance capitals make of Mozac a high place of the Romance sculpture, like Conques, Autun or Vézelay. The abbey church adopted a basical plan and by its architecture could have been classified among the major buildings of the Romanesque art auvergnat as well as Issoire, Notre-Dame of the Port, Saint-Nectaire and Saint-Saturnin.

The commune of Mozac adheres to the Federation of the sites clunisiens, association European which deals with the promotion of the historic sites which depended on the Ordre of extinct Cluny to the Révolution.

Classified " Historic building " in 1840, the Abbaye of Mozac is especially regarded as a " site emblématique" in the Great European cultural route, label decreed with the Federation of the sites clunisiens by the the Council of Europe.

Administration

The commune of Mozac officially was instituted on February 24th 1790 gathering both Paroisse S of the territory mozacois depend on the abbey: Saint-Paul and Saint Martin's day. These two churches are removed by decision of the bishop on November 4th, 1791. The last six Moine S leave the abbey whose church becomes only village, becoming the " saint-Austremoine" parish;.

Demography

Notes:
1: the census of 2004 is only one data provisional of INSEE .

Sources: Registers of the deliberations of the Municipal council of Mozac/Communal records of Mozac, funds D20 (census of the population)/given of INSEE.

Economy

Mozac is the seat of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Riom. It manages a hotel of companies.

History of the commune

Toponymy

On the medieval documents, the Latin orthography of Mozac was very variable: Mauzaco, Mosaco, Mausaco, Mozaco, etc
The same applies in French: Mauzac, Mozat, Mozac, Mausac, etc Like any place name, no writing was fixed.
It is only at the time of the constitution of the commune in 1790 that one retains the form Mozat . This name perdure until worms the years 1870 where one starts to prefer Mozac . However Mozac is one of rare the example in the area, where one finds communes whose name finishes in At like: Blanzat, Cébazat, Ennezat, Malauzat, Manzat, Marsat.
Pourtant Mozac continuous to decide Moza , as if there were a T at the end.
the forms ac and At would come from a suffix Occitan acum which means the place of . Moz' ac' , it would be thus the place of Mo ; this prefix would come from Musiacum , “ the place of the Muses ”. Another toponymic definition is also advanced: “ placed in the middle of water ”, considering the big number of brooks (White Ambène, Mills…) who would have to determine the establishment of the abbey in this place.
One can thus name the inhabitants Mozacois (Mozac) or Mozadaires (Mozat). A popular distinction called Mozadaires any person who was originating in Mozac; Mozacois being then new inhabitants.
Traditionally, one speaks about the “commune of Moz' ac' ”, but it is written it “Mozat” when one evokes historical Mozac or that one treats Abbaye of Mozac.

Foundation of the abbey of Mozac

the course of Calmin saint to the VII {{E}} century.

Contemporary period

Bergounioux, a refractory priest in 1790 - 1791;
deliberations of the commune of Mozac during the First World War;
cars with Mozac before the Sixties.

Sport

Sports associations

the club " Mozac Volvic Basket" ;
the US football club Mozac: the team reached in 2006 the division of Honor, more the regional high level, thus connecting two rises in two years. This same year, US Mozac also rose until the eighth tower of the Coupe de France (elimination 0-1 after prolongation vis-a-vis Saint-Louis Neuweg) and gained the cut of the league Leon Chabrier (2-0 vis-a-vis Moulins finally).
the club of fencing " E.C. Mozac" : created in 1980, only club of fencing of the agglomeration Riom oise.

Sporting infrastructures

Vacant Edmond sports complex: football field with platform, training grounds, gymnasium, room of gymnastics equipped, dojo of judo.

Twinning

(September 22nd), to see

Personalities related to the commune

Gilbert Génébrard: Christian theologist , which was initially Moine with the Abbaye of Mozac at the 16th century.

See too

Common of the Puy-de-Dôme

External bonds

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

Institutions

Town of Mozac (official site)
the Community of communes (Riom-Community)

Associations of Mozac

Family association of Mozac the AFM proposes varied activities: Data-processing club of Mozac (CIM), Theater amateur mozacois (TAM), Scrabble, choral societies (" Voice of Ambène" and " Mouflets").
Circle of fencing of Mozac
CÉSAM (Study committee and of support for the abbey of Mozac)
historical Club mozacois
Stunt bike Club of Mozac
Mozac Volvic Tennis shoe, association resulting from the fusion of " The Gallic one of Mozac" with the club close to the " Volvic Club" Tennis shoe;.

Blogs policies

That of Matthieu Perona
That of Mozac Spaces Citizen

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