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Saint-Amand-Montrond
Saint-Amand-Montrond () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France and the historical province of Bourbonnais. Saint-Amand-Montrond literally translates to Saint Amand round hill, despite not being on a round hill. Geography A small town of farming and a little light industry situated some southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951 with the D300 and D2144 roads. The town was built in the basin of the eastern banks of the Cher which separates it from the commune of Orval, to which it is connected by two bridges. A small river, the Marmande, joins the Cher here, and the canal de Berry crosses the commune from southeast to southwest. Some flooding is common because of the nearby marshes. The town is the capital of the small region of Boischaut, known for its woodland and cattle pastures. Population History The settlement of Saint-Amand goes back to prehistoric times. Evidence of Roman occupation has also been discovered here. An ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté De Communes Du Cœur De France
The communauté de communes du Cœur de France was created on December 14, 1999 and is located in the Cher '' département '' of the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. In 2013 it absorbed 6 of the communes of the former Communauté de communes du Berry charentonnais. It seat is the town Saint-Amand-Montrond.CC Coeur de France (N° SIREN : 200036135) BANATIC, accessed 7 April 2022. Its area is 379.1 km2, and its population was 18,315 in 2018.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 7 April 2022. Composition The communauté de commun ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Lecoin
Louis Lecoin (30 September 1888 – 23 June 1971) was a French anarcho-pacifist. He was at the center of the foundation of the . Biography Louis Lecoin was born into a very poor family in Saint-Amand-Montrond in the Cher département. His parents were illiterate (he himself did not gain any qualification beyond the basic ''certificat d'études''). He became a proof-reader at a printing press after having tried out being a manual labourer, gardener, cement worker and a beggar. He had a life partnership with a worker for the PTT, Marie Morand, which lasted until her death in 1958. Over the course of his life he edited several publications: ''Ce qu’il faut dire'', ''Le Libertaire'', ''Défense de l’Homme'' and ''Liberté''. He spent twelve years of his life in prison for his ideas. In October 1910, a young recruit, he received the order with his regiment to break a railway workers' strike. He refused, which got him 6 months in prison. Demobilized in 1912, he went to Paris and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Montrond (Saint-Amand-Montrond)
The Château de Montrond is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Saint-Amand-Montrond in the Cher ''département'' of France. History A fortress has existed on the site since the end of the 9th century, although the first documentary evidence is from 1225 when it was fortified by Renaud de Montfaucon. In 1361, during the Hundred Years' War, it was taken by the English. The English burned the castle at Orval in the early 15th century, causing the seigneur of Oval and Saint-Amand to move to the better protected site of Montrond. During the 15th and the early 16th centuries, extensive construction work was carried out, including a chapel for Isabeau de la Tour du Pin at the end of the 15th century. The Duke of Sully took ownership of the dilapidated castle in 1606 and embarked on a programme of improvements which included remodelling the residence, strengthening the fortifications, digging moats and creating a garden. Between 1621 and 1652, the architect Jean Sarrazin comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orval, Cher
Orval () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of lakes and streams, forestry, farming and some light industry comprising a village and a small hamlet situated some south of Bourges, at the junction of the D925 with the D921 and D300 roads. The river Cher forms the commune’s eastern border with the town of Saint-Amand-Montrond. Junction 8 of the A71 autoroute is within the commune’s territory and the village is served by a TER train service. Population Sights * The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the twelfth century. * A sixteenth-century manorhouse at La Tralliere. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Godin Des Odonais
Jean Godin des Odonais (5 July 1713 Saint-Amand-Montrond, France - 1 March 1792 Paris) was a French cartographer and naturalist. Biography Godin des Odonais had joined the world's first geodesy expedition to the equator, led by Charles Marie de La Condamine. He had been recommended to La Condamine by the expedition's chief astronomer, his cousin Louis Godin. To be distinguished from his relative, Jean added to his surname that of his mother, Odonais. When the commission returned to France, Godin des Odonais became professor of astronomy and natural science at the College of Quito, 1739. At the same time he studied the Indian languages and the flora of Ecuador. His marriage with an heiress, Isabel Gramesón, gave him the means, and in 1743 he resigned his chair and gave his whole time to natural science and the Indian language. He explored Ecuador and the northern provinces of Peru, and collected an herbarium containing more than 4,000 species of plants. He also made drawings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cher (department)
Cher (; ; Berrichon: ''Char'') is a department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is named after the river Cher. In 2019, it had a population of 302,306.Populations légales 2019: 18 Cher INSEE History Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the on 4 March 1790. Most of it was created, along with the adjacent department of Indre from the former province of . The southeastern corne ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Papon
Maurice Papon (; 3 September 1910 – 17 February 2007) was a French civil servant who led the police in major prefectures from the 1930s to the 1960s, before he became a Gaullist politician. When he was secretary general for the police in Bordeaux during World War II, he participated in the deportation of more than 1,600 Jews. He is also known for his activities in the Algerian War (1954–1962), during which he tortured insurgent prisoners as prefect of the Constantinois department, and ordered, as prefect of the Paris police, the deadly repression of a pro- National Liberation Front (FLN) demonstration against a curfew that he had "advised." In 1961, Maurice Papon was personally awarded the Legion of Honour by French President Charles de Gaulle, whose government had been struggling with the FLN insurgency. Papon was also in charge of the Paris police during the Paris massacre of 1961 and the February 1962 massacre at the Charonne metro station, which took place during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cher (river)
The Cher (; oc, Char), also referred to as the Cher River and the River Cher, is a river in central France, a left tributary of the Loire. It is long and its basin area is . Its source is in the Creuse department, north-east of Crocq. It joins the river Loire at Villandry, west of Tours. The river suffered a devastating flood in 1940, which damaged the Château de Chenonceau, which spans the river, and other structures along the banks. It owes its name to the pre-Indo-European root kʰar 'stone'. Departments and towns The Cher flows through the following departments, and along the following towns: * Creuse * Allier: Montluçon * Cher: Saint-Amand-Montrond, Vierzon * Loir-et-Cher * Indre-et-Loire: Tours Tributaries The main tributaries of the Cher are, from spring to mouth (L: left / R: right): * (L) Tardes ** (L) Voueize * (R) Amaron or Lamaron at Montluçon * (R) Aumance at Meaulne * (R) Yèvre at Vierzon ** (L) Auron ** (R) Colin * (L) Arnon at Vierzon ** ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Vinçon
Serge Vinçon (17 June 1949 – 16 December 2007), was a French politician of the UMP party. Born in Bourges, Cher, he was a college professor before a politician. He was elected senator of Cher on 24 September 1989 and re-elected on 27 September 1998. He was chairman of the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death and also held the position of mayor of Saint-Amand-Montrond from 1983 until his death. His most notable position was the Vice-President of the Senate. Vinçon died of cancer on 16 December 2007 at the hospital of Val de Grâce in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma .... Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to him in a statement, referring to a "man of letters" and "a brilliant observer of the geopolitical developments of our ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal De Berry
The Canal de Berry is a disused canal in France which links the Canal latéral à la Loire at Marseilles-lès-Aubigny with the Cher (river), Cher at Noyers-sur-Cher, Noyers rejoining the Loire near Tours. With a branch from Montluçon it provided of canal with Lock (water transport), locks wide from 1840 until its closure in 1955. There is now a operational segment with five locks between Selles-sur-Cher and Noyers-sur-Cher. Construction Although discussed from 1484, it was not until 1780 when House of Bethune#House of Béthune-Charost, Armand II-Joseph, 6th Duke of Béthune Charost presented the first solid proposal to the provincial assembly. But work did not start until after an imperial decree in 1809 and was not completed until 1839. The work was designed by Joseph Dutens, Joseph-Michel Dutens:fr:Canal du Berry, French Wiki article and mainly carried out by Spanish prisoners of war in the 1820s. Because of the shortage of water near the summit level at Sancoins, the 96 lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmelite
, image = , caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites , abbreviation = OCarm , formation = Late 12th century , founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel , founding_location = Mount Carmel , type = Mendicant order of pontifical right , status = Institute of Consecrated Life , membership = 1,979 (1,294 priests) as of 2017 , leader_title = Motto , leader_name = la, Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituumEnglish: ''With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts'' , leader_title2 = General Headquarters , leader_name2 = Curia Generalizia dei CarmelitaniVia Giovanni Lanza, 138, 00184 Roma, Italia , leader_title3 = Prior General , leader_name3 = Mícéal O'Neill, OCarm , leader_title4 = Patron saints , leader_name4 = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Elijah , parent_organization = Catholic Church , website = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convent
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion. Etymology and usage The term ''convent'' derives via Old French from Latin ''conventus'', perfect participle of the verb ''convenio'', meaning "to convene, to come together". It was first used in this sense when the eremitical life began to be combined with the cenobitical. The original reference was to the gathering of mendicants who spent much of their time travelling. Technically, a monastery is a secluded community of monastics, whereas a friary or convent is a community of mendicants (which, by contrast, might be located in a city), and a canonry is a community of canons regular. The terms abbey and priory can be applied to both monasteries and canonries; an abbey is headed by an abbot, and a priory is a lesser dependent ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
