Manzat

Manzat is a commune with 1268 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Puy -de- Dôme in the Auvergne region. It belongs to the district of Riom and Canton Manzat.

The community is located 30 km north- west of Clermont- Ferrand in the Monts Domes at the Regional Natural Park of the Volcanoes of Auvergne (in French Parc naturel régional des Volcans d' Auvergne ).

Neighboring communities

  • Chapdes -Beaufort in the South West
  • Charbonnières- les -Varennes in the southeast
  • Charbonnières- les- Vieilles in the Northeast
  • Loubeyrat in Osteb
  • Pulvérières in the south
  • Saint-Angel in the North
  • Saint -Georges- de -Mons in the west
  • Vitrac in the northwest

History

Manzat lies on the Roman road, the Riom with Évaux -les- Bains joined. The place was called in 1163 and 1392 Amanziaco then Manzac.

A district of Manzat is Le Bouchet (also called Vauluisant ); here is the Cistercian abbey of Le Bouchet - Vauluisant, which was founded in 1192 in the filiation of Mori Moon by Robert IV, Count of Auvergne, for monks of Val- Honnête. The abbey was temporarily laying the grave of the Counts of Auvergne ( for example, Robert VII, John I, Guy de Boulogne ).

Personalities

  • François Delarue, physician (1788-1842)

Demographics

From 1962, only residents with a primary residence

Townspeople partnerships

  • Saint- Crespin -sur- Moine (Maine -et- Loire)
Auvergne (region) Arrondissement Arrondissement of Riom Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Guy of Boulogne
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