Ébreuil
Ébreuil is a commune with 1279 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Allier in the Auvergne region. It belongs to the district Montlucon and is capital of the canton Ébreuil.
Geography
The 23.22 square kilometer comprehensive community lies at 310 m above sea level at the Sioule that accrues to the Allier from here in a broad, intensive agricultural valley. Ébreuil bordered to the south by the department of Puy -de- Dôme and is ten kilometers from Gannat as well as 27 km from Vichy.
History
The place dates back to a monastery, 906 at the relics of St.. Léger ( = Leger of Autun, at 616-679 ) was founded and incorporated in 1180 by the Benedictines.
Demographics
Attractions
- Église Abbatiale Saint-Léger, former abbey church of Saint Léger, one of the early examples of the Auvergnat Romanesque ( 11th century ); Early Gothic rebuilt in the 13th century; beautiful portal; Frescoes of the 12th and 15th centuries; Main altar of the 16th century, behind wood, plated with silver plated copper reliquary of St.. Léger; Romanesque statue of Mary,
- Old Church of Our Lady ( 14th and 17th century), today Salle des fêtes (Festsaal)
- Chapelle ( Chapel ) Châtelard, 16th Century
- Chapelle ( Chapel ) de La Grave, 16th Century
- Hospital, built on the foundations of the monastery in the 18th century
- Maison à échauguette, mansion of the 15th century
- Les Halles (open market), 18th Century
- Château du Chatelard, 13th - 16th and 19th centuries
- Sioule Bridge of 1825, 5 - bögig
Personalities
- Jacques -François -Paul- Aldonce de Sade (1705-1778), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint -Léger d' Ebreuil, growing up in the Marquis de Sade 1745-50
Others
- In Ébreuil the film " Fortunat " in 1960 turned to the novel by Michel Breitman.