Arpajon-sur-Cère (, literally ''Arpajon on
Cère
The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal. It flows generally west through the following ''départements'' and town ...
''; oc, Arpajon de Cera or just ) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Cantal
Cantal (; oc, Cantal or ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint ...
department
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in the
Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; oc, label=Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Auverg ...
region of south-central
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arpajonnais'' or ''Arpajonnaises''
Geography
Arpajon-sur-Cère is located immediately to the south of
Aurillac
Aurillac (; oc, Orlhac ) is the prefecture of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aurillacois'' or ''Aurillacoises''.
Geography
Aurillac is at above sea leve ...
some 70 km south-east of
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 7 ...
. The town is an extension of the urban area of Aurillac. Access to the commune is by the
D920 from Aurillac which continues south to
Lafeuillade-en-Vézie
Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (; oc, La Folhada de Vesia) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Cantal department
The following is a list of the 246 communes of the Cantal department ...
. The D990 also goes from south of the town to
Vézac in the east. The D58 comes from
Giou-de-Mamou
Giou-de-Mamou (; oc, Jòu de Mamon) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
Geography
Giou-de-Mamou is 564 km away from Paris and 6 km away from Aurillac.
The village lies at an altitude of 740 metres and i ...
in the north-east then goes south-west from the town to the
Château de Conros
The Château de Conros is a medieval castle, later heavily modified, situated in Arpajon-sur-Cère in the Cantal ''département'' of France.
Robert d'Humières, grandfather of the present owners, was born here. He was a noted literary figure who ...
and joins the D617 at the south-western border of the commune. Much of the runway of
Aurillac – Tronquières Airport
Aurillac – Tronquières Airport (french: Aéroport d'Aurillac – Tronquières) is an airport located southwest of Aurillac, a ''commune'' of the Cantal ''département'' in the Auvergne ''région'' of France
France (), officially ...
is in the commune. A railway passes through the north of the commune but the nearest station is in Aurillac. Apart from the town there are the villages and hamlets of:
*Carbonnat
*Esmoles
*Le Pont
*Roquetorte
*Douarat
*Le Bousquet
*Crespiat
*Le Cambon
*Le Sal
*Les Granges
*Lapeyrusse
*Carsac
*Combelles
*Senilhes
*Les Quatre Routes
*Toules
Outside the residential areas there are extensive forests in the south and south-west with the rest of the commune farmland.
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The ''Jordanne'' river flows from Aurillac to join the Cère
The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal. It flows generally west through the following ''départements'' and town ...
just south-west of the town with the Cère continuing west to eventually join the Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...
at Girac
Girac () is a commune in the Lot department in the administrative region of Occitania, France.
See also
*Communes of the Lot department
The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France
France (), off ...
.[
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Neighbouring communes and villages
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Toponymy
The name ''Arpjon'' originates from the Gallic word ''Arpaionem'' which is composed of the word ''arepo'' meaning "plough". It was attested in 923 in the form: ''vicaria arpajonensis''. In Carladézien dialect, ''Arpajon'' is pronounced ''Olpotsou'', according to a recording there in 2007.
History
The Dejou Féniès & son and Lartigue companies were established in the commune in the 20th century manufacturing wood especially ''Jouets Dejou'' (Dejou Toys) which are highly sought after by Doll
A doll is a physical model, model typically of a human or humanoid character, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have also been used in traditional religious rituals throughout the world. Traditional dolls made of materials such as clay and ...
collectors.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Twinning
Arpajon-sur-Cère has twinning associations with:
* Blyth (United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
) since 1990.
* Bougouni
Bougouni is a commune and city in Mali, the administrative center of Bougouni Cercle, which is in turn found in the administrative region of Sikasso. Bougouni is located 170 km south of Bamako and 210 km west of the city of Sikasso ...
(Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
).
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 6,217 inhabitants.
Sites and Monuments
The commune has several sites and buildings that are registered as historical monuments:
*The Birthplace of Général Milhaud at 1 Avenue du Général-Milhaud (1753)
*The old Pont-de-Mamou Mill on Rue Jean-Jaurès (1772)
*The Château de Conros
The Château de Conros is a medieval castle, later heavily modified, situated in Arpajon-sur-Cère in the Cantal ''département'' of France.
Robert d'Humières, grandfather of the present owners, was born here. He was a noted literary figure who ...
(15th century)
*The Château de Conros
The Château de Conros is a medieval castle, later heavily modified, situated in Arpajon-sur-Cère in the Cantal ''département'' of France.
Robert d'Humières, grandfather of the present owners, was born here. He was a noted literary figure who ...
Park
*The Château de Carbonat Park
*The Château de Limagne Garden
;Other sites of interest
*Barrière hamlet where Louis Laparra de Fieux was born.
*The Cabrières bridge, a hamlet and a bridge which once had a toll.
*The Chateau de Ganhac currently a mansion house, a former fief awarded in 1676 to Charles de Broquin who was married to Jeanne de Cambefort.
*The Château de Montal, a former fief whose family was originally the Lords of Laroquebrou and Conros, with a castrale chapel under the invocation of Saint Michael. It then became the property of the La Roque-Montal family.
*The Chateau de La Prade, purchased in 1756 by Marie-Françoise de Broglie, the widow of Charles Robert de Lignerac who did considerable work on the building. Ruined in the French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
.
*The Arboretum d'Arpajon-sur-Cère
*The Parish Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
**2 Bronze Bells (1781)
**A Painting: The Placing in the Tomb (16th century)
**A framed Painting: The Baptism of Christ (17th century)
**A Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...
(Middle Ages
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)[Ministry of Culture, Palissy ]
;The Chateau de Carbonat Picture Gallery
File:Château de Carbonat.jpg, The Chateau front
File:Jardin château Carbonat.jpg, The Gardens
File:Jardins Château Carbonat 3.jpg, The Gardens
File:Vieux Château Carbonat.jpg, An old postcard of the chateau
File:Carte Postale Château Carbonat.jpg, An old postcard of the chateau
File:Château de Carbonat en ruines.jpg, The chateau in ruins
File:Cheminé château de Carbonat.JPG, The fireplace in the chateau
File:Détail cheminée Carbonat.jpg, A detail on the fireplace
File:Meurtrière Carbonat.jpg, A filled-in embrasure in the chateau
File:Armoiries Carbonat.jpg, Arms of Carbonat
File:Porte Carbonat.jpg, A door in the chateau
Notable people linked to the commune
* Louis Laparra de Fieux (Arpajon 1651-1706), engineer of fortifications and strategist.
* Édouard Jean Baptiste Milhaud
Édouard Jean-Baptiste, comte Milhaud (10 July 1766 – 10 December 1833) was a French politician and ''Général de Division''. He is considered one of the best generals of cavalry of Napoleon's army.
French Revolutionary wars
Born in Arpaj ...
(Arpajon 1766 - Aurillac 1833), member of the National Convention
The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year National ...
, General, Count of the Empire
As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles of nobility to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution.
Like many others, both before and since, Napoleon found that th ...
.
* Eugene d'Humières, man of letters, translator of Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much o ...
.
* Louis Dauzier, politician and mayor of Aurillac
Aurillac (; oc, Orlhac ) is the prefecture of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Aurillacois'' or ''Aurillacoises''.
Geography
Aurillac is at above sea leve ...
under the French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 ...
.
* Antoine Dusserre (Carbonnat 1865-1925), novelist.
* Léo Pons, filmmaker.
See also
*Communes of the Cantal department
The following is a list of the 246 Communes of France, communes of the Cantal Departments of France, department of France.
Intercommunalities
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as ...
References
External links
Discovery of an early Christian sarcophagus and medieval sepulchres in sarcophagi at Arpajon-sur-Cère
Arpajon-sur-Cère on the National Geographic Institute website
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