Souvigny

See also: Souvigny (homonymy)

Souvigny is a common French, located in the department Allier and the area Auvergne.

Today chief town of canton To combine it, Souvigny, cradle of the House of Bourbon, preserves an exceptional inheritance related to its filiation with powerful the Abbaye of Cluny and with the presence of the dukes of Bourbon.

In 1993, the old capital of bourbonnais is elected “Great regional site of Auvergne” to profit from a development of its architectural wealth then of 2003 “Large Romance sanctuary of Auvergne” in order to restore its church prieurale.

The museums and gardens and their annual exposures as well as the visits of the church which are organized there, allow the visitors, to redécouvrir his history. For a few years, the country holidays in country of Souvigny have developed; impassioned Romance churches, castles and excursions, benefit from sound Bocage preserved.

In addition to the lying ones of the last Dukes of Bourbon, the Church prieurale, vaster religious building of the department To combine it, preserves the relics of several saints among whom those of two abbots of died Cluny with Souvigny: Mayeul 4th Abbot (death in 994) and Odilon his successor (death in 1049). The surveys and the archaeological excavations of November 2001 and January 2002 put at the day their burials forgotten since the depredations of the revolution.

A real potential very on the spot interesting only requires to be exploited: creation of lodgings, rooms of hosts, etc Souvigny counts 2002 inhabitants, about thirty associations, two elementary schools and a public nursery school around a complete and powerful public service. The economic fabric made up of 80 addresses, includes/understands in its rows several companies, of the craftsmen and the liberal professions. Souvigny counts several demonstrations of which the living room of arts of the table the troisème weekend of January, the Secondhand trade in May, the Medieval Fair which begins last Saturday from July, the Musical Days of Fall the last weekend of September or the Regional Living room of the Old Book in November.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Jean-Baptiste Thistle, member of the Common of Paris, born in Souvigny in 1839.

See too

Common To combine it
Bible of Souvigny

External bonds

Official site of the town of Souvigny
site of Souvigny association Great Site (medieval fair)
site of the Musical Days of Fall
Official site of the community of agglomeration of Mills
Souvigny on the site of the national geographical Institute
Souvigny on the site of INSEE
Souvigny on the site of Quid
Localization of Souvigny on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Souvigny on Mapquest

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