Moulins (Allier)

Moulins is a town with 19,094 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the French region of Auvergne Allier. It is the seat of the prefecture of the department. This also manages the district Moulins, which consists of twelve cantons. The city is also the capital (French chef-lieu ) of the cantons Moulins Moulins -Sud -Ouest and the seat of the Municipality and Association ( Communauté d' agglomÃ ) Moulins.

Because of its long history, including the residence of the Dukes of Bourbon, is called the city of Ville d' Art et d' Histoire.

Geography

The old town of Moulins is located on the right bank of the Allier, about 50 kilometers north of Vichy. The district of La Madeleine is located on the left side of the Allier; in the East seamlessly adjoining settlement area is already part of the community Yzeure.

History

Moulins experienced its golden age in the 15th century, when the dukes of Bourbon, after which the region of the northern Massif Central is still called Bourbonnais, resided in the city on the Allier and as the nearby monasteries, especially Souvigny, to spiritual and cultural centers in addition to the political center of Moulins developed. The town's name refers to the mill vessels operating on the Allier until the end of the 18th century and were responsible for the transport of grain crops from this part of France.

The spa tourism, the increasing number of visitors to the Auvergne, especially after Vichy, attracted around 1900, went past Moulins. So it was only the political importance as the capital of the department of Allier. During the German occupation in the Second World War, the border between occupied France and the France of the pro-Nazi Marshal Pétain went through the midst of Moulins, the border guards were stationed at the Pont Régemortes.

Demographics

Attractions

Moulins has more than 50 buildings or objects that are classified as a monument historique in the base Mérimée, the database of the French Ministry of Culture or registered in their additional directory. To the protected structures include:

Cathedral Notre Dame de Moulins
Tour Jacquemart
La times Coiffée / Ancien Palais du Bourbon
Musée de Beaujeu Anne
Musée du Bourbonnais Moulins
Rue du Pont Ginguet
Centre National du Costume de scène

Notre Dame Cathedral
Tour Jacquemart
City hall (hotel de ville)
Musée de Beaujeu Anne
Church of St. Peter

Twin Cities

Bad Vilbel ( Germany )
Montepulciano ( Italy)
Tangier ( Morocco)

Personalities

James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick -upon- Tweed, military leader and Marshal
Antoine Meillet, linguists of the early 20th century
Claude -Louis -Hector de Villars, General
Georges Bidault (1899-1983), politician
Richard Bohringer, actor
Master of Moulins, Painters of the Renaissance
Jules Maigret, imaginary police officer and protagonist of numerous detective novels written by Georges Simenon

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