Saint-Gervais-in Auvergne

See also: Saint-Gervais

Saint-Gervais-in Auvergne is a common French, located in the department of the Puy-de-Dôme and the area Auvergne. Its inhabitants is called them gervaisiens .

Geography

History

Alphonse of Poitiers (frêre of Saint Louis) grants to Saint-Gervais-in Auvergne the statute free city during XIIIe century. This statute will allow an urban development.

Administration

The seat of the Mixed trade-union for the installation and the development of the Combrailles (SMADC), structure gathering 102 communes of this area auvergnate is installed with Saint-Gervais-in Auvergne.

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Church with some remarkable statues, as well as medieval buttresses supporting the bell-tower.
  • the pond Philippe (11 ha) and his camp-site are pleasant places for holidays in the countryside in summer.
  • in the vicinity, the Viaduct of Insipid the, vast work of one century ago.
  • Château of Vilatelle destroys by a fire. Mrs. Revon, the owner of this castle, was a local figure.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of the Puy-de-Dôme

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