Montaigu-le-Blin

Montaigu- le -Blin is a French municipality with 309 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Allier in the Auvergne region. It belongs to the district Vichy and the canton of Varennes -sur -Allier.

Geography

The municipality covers 12.96 square kilometers and more than twelve kilometers northeast of Lapalisse and about 20 kilometers north of Vichy.

History

A first mention is found in the 10th century as Monte Acuto.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Remains of a Bourbon Castle (. 13th/14th century) on a hill: massive towers, double wall coatings, Donjon; at her feet a castle of the 19th century
  • Manoir ( Manor House ) de Poncenat (15th century): remains from before the destruction of the French Revolution: Tower, Fountain
  • Manoir ( Manor House ) de La Jarousse ( 15th century, later rebuilt )
  • Logis du Puy- Digon (16th century), de La Boulaize (17th century), de Chez- Presle (18th century), of Chernomorets and you Riage ( also 18th century )
  • Place publique / Place de Montaigu- le -Blin with trees from the beginning of the 19th century
  • Church of Notre -Dame ( Choir of the 15th century, otherwise neuromanisch )
  • Old church Notre -dame- de - Ciernat ( Romanesque nave, Gothic choir
  • Church of Saint Anne
  • Musée rural Montacutain, Museum in the Town Hall on the geology, paleontology and archeology of the region
  • Carrière calcaire, Limestone Quarry

Personalities

  • Jo Moutet, composer ( 20th century)
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