Vic-on-Cère

Vic-on-Cère is a common French, located in the department of the Cantal and the area Auvergne.

Geography

Located, as are name indicates it in the valley of the Cère, Vic-on-Cère is in the middle of the Carladès or Carladez . This old thermal station is on RN 122 between Aurillac and Murat.

History

With the the Middle Ages, the monk (in spite of him) Pierre of Vic transforms his modest Abbaye into a news Abbaye of Thélème dedicated to the drinking songs and with the songs of love because it was especially Troubadour. He travels much and sings his worms at the court of Philippe Auguste, of Richard Lion-hearted and of the king of Aragon, he thus gains the price of the literary tournaments of the courses of love, he will return thus celebrates his town of Vic.

In 1561, Vic-on-Cère became court of justice and of very many lawsuits (more than 500 per annum) were held there until the French revolution which made disappear the court. In 1643, Louis XIII gives the Carladès and with him its capital, Vic, with the princes of Monaco. At the 19th century, hydrotherapy is in full rise, and water of Vic which is cold (12°C), ferruginous, gas, bicarbonated and sodic, success has. After the Second world war, this activity little by little will be victim of the fall of the cures leaving room to medicine morderne. Thus of many hotels continuations of this crisis will close.

Heraldic

Economy

The commune of Vic-on-Cère saw mainly tourism. Recconue like green station and station of snow, it enjoys a consequent snowing up in winter and a pleasant hot time during the summer. With four open hotels all the year and more than one ten trade depend on the holiday makers, Vic

But Vic have a park industrial where a large company is established

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Downtown

House of Princes de Monaco: Beautiful residence in Lava dating from the 15th century with turret and window with Mullion X.
House of conventional the Coffinhal: date from the 17th century
Église Saint-Pierre, dating from the Romance time, it was extremely altered during the centuries.
House of mineral water: It is the old thermal establishment which became Musée.

Around Vic

Castle of Comblat built at the 15th century and altered (addition of a wing) at the 18th century, is not visited.
Cascade of the Hole of Conche
Rock of Hung the
Cascade of the No Cère

Personalities related to the commune

Général Murat-Sistrières hero of the wars of the empire under Napoleon i
Louis de Boissy was born there in 1694
Joseph Coffinhal Commissaire from the Empire in Albania and in Rome, baron of the Empire under Napoleon
Aymar of the Balsam Pluvinel (1860-1938), pioneer of the photography of the celestial bodies had the castle of Comblat, of the chief of his grandmother (born Lacarrière de Comblat). He rests with the cemetery of Vic-on-Cère.

See too

Common of the Cantal

External bonds

the site of the tourist bureau
the site the Community of commune Cère and Goul in Carladès
an not-official site on the village of Vic-on-Cère (author = Jean-Philippe TIGHTENS)
Vic-on-Cère on the site of the national geographical Institute
Vic-on-Cère on the site of INSEE
Vic-on-Cère on the site of Quid
Localization of Vic-on-Cère on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plan on Vic-on-Cère on Mapquest

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