Saint-Amand-Montrond is a common French, located in the department of the Cher and the area Center.

Geography

The city was built in a natural basin around the Marmande, upstream of sound Confluent with the Cher. This last river separates it from the common neighbor of Orval, to which it is connected by two road bridges. The site rises in north, in direction of Bourges, towards the Champagne berrichonne, and in the south in direction of Montlucon, just after the Canal of Berry which crosses the city of south-east to south-west. Water levelling on the commune, site of old marshes, many gardens have a water hole, whose level strongly varies nevertheless according to pluviometry. The city is the capital of the Boischaut, zone of Bocage S and breeding. It is installed in contact with two areas with complementary agricultural vocations: in the south, the area of Boischaut (scrap-metal, bovines); in north, the sector of the Champagne berrichonne (cereal culture). The city is located at the bottom of the Cuesta.

History

The settlement of the area saint-amandoise seems to go up at the time prehistoric. Three cities divide its territory with the Moyen-âge: Saint-Amand-the-Chastel, Montrond and Saint-Amand-under-Montrond. For this period, the monks cistercians are installed on the site of House-God (today Noirlac). Saint-Amand-Montrond was famous Libreval during the Revolution, at the time of Terror, when any religious reference was prohibited.

Administration

Heraldic

Of sinople, with the sword out of stake of money, the point in the air, the handle out of gold, alongside of flowers of of the same lily. | Malta-Brown |illustrated France (1882)

Demography

Economy

• Printing works

• Goldsmithery - Jewelry

Famous characters

• Jean Godin of Odonais

• Louis Lecoin, pacifist militant and libertarian
• Paul Mousset, writer and journalist
• Maurice Papon, former mayor of collaborator Saint-Amand and notorious
• Jean-Baptiste Lemire, type-setter and leader

Tourist monuments and places

• the castle of Férolle
• ruins of the Castle of Montrond
• the Abbey of Noirlac
• the Channel of Berry
• the City of Gold
• the Museum Saint-Vic
• Room of the Carmelite friars

Twinnings

the history of this twinning is incredible and perilous. Jean Godin of Odonais then party in forwarding in Ecuador to measure the size of the Earth, meets an young woman, Isabel de Casamayor. They marry. In 1748, he learns death from his father and decides to return to Saint-Amand. His wife wants to join it with all her family but all die during the crossing except it, which ends up finding her husband later 21 years. They settle in Saint-Amand until their death in 1792.

References

External bonds

• Internet site of the city

• Internet site of the Country Berry St-Amandois
• Results of the municipal elections of Saint-Amand-Montrond since 1977
• Internet site of the tourist office of saint-Amand-montrond
• Internet site of the Fortress of Montrond

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