Clisson

Clisson is a common French, located in the department of Loire-Atlantique and the area Pays of the Loire. It belongs to the historical Brittany. It forms part with Ancenis, Fougères, Châteaubriant and Vitré of the " Steps of Brittany " as well as " common Steps Brittany-Poitou ".

Its name in Gallo/poitevin is Cliczon

Its name in Breton is Klison .

Its inhabitants name the Clissonnais and Clissonnaises .

Geography

  • Clisson is located at 10 km of Vallet, 12 km of Montfaucon, to 15 km of Montaigu, to 16 km of Torfou, 35 km in the east of Nantes and 35 km in the west of Cholet.

  • the city is crossed by the river of the Nantes Sèvre.

History

Poitevine of origin, the valley of Clisson belonged to the county of Herbauges. It finds in the Marches of Brittany in 851 by the Traité of Angers between Charles the Bald person and Erispoë, king of Brittany by integrating the Marches of Brittany, at the same time as the Pays of close Retz. The Valley of Clisson structure during XIIe century around the Castle of Clisson and its successive lords, of which the famous Olivier de Clisson, Constable of France. It is then made up of about fifteen parishes, small seigniories of which those of Gétigné and Monnières, and many religious establishments.

The Valley of Clisson profits at that time from a frontier position between the Anjou, Brittany and the Poitou and of the system of the Steps (Marches Brittany-Poitou) which exempts it taxation of the goods. The Valley becomes an area of important exchange.

The hydraulic force of the rivers of Separates and of the Monk is an additional advantage. One account 14 tanneries for leather, a small starch manufacture and 6 mills with paper.

During the Revolution, at the time of the wars of the Vendée, the valley of Clisson was devastated.

It is organized in Clisson since 2006 the Hellfest, a festival of musics extrèmes.

Blasonnement

Administration

|- | align=center| 1791 || 1792 ||Michel Dubouëx, 1st Mayor of Clisson||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1792 || 1796 ||Mr. Boutiller-Dubouëx||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1796 || 1797 || François Robet||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1797 || 1808 || Jean-François Méchineau||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1808 || 1816 || Firmin Zacharie de Bourneuil||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1816 || 1817 || Mr. Couetoux||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1817 || 1830 || Antoine Robet||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1830 || 1834 || Antoine Fougnot||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1834 || 1836 || Jean-Philippe Office-Robinière ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1836 || 1836 || Pierre Gautret-Dabin ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1836 || 1838 || Felix Gautret-Piou ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1838 || 1839 || Pierre Méchineau ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1839 || 1841 || Alexis Lormière ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1841 || 1848 || Benjamin Lorette ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1848 || 1848 || Edouard Baufry ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1848 || 1851 || Jean-Pierre Lambourg ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1851 || 1865 || Barthelemy-Frederic Lemot ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1865 || 1867 || Achilles Valentine-Massicot ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1867 || 1870 || Pierre Perraud ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1870 || 1871 || Edouard Baudry ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1871 || 1877 || Auguste Delhommeau ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1877 || 1878 || Theophilus Baudry-Gouraud ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1878 || 1881 || Barthelemy-Frederic Lemot ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1881 || 1882 || Jean Counter ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1882 || 1890 || Jean-Baptiste Onillon ||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1890 || 1925 || Emile Branger Perraud||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1925 || 1929 || Abel Gautret||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1929 || 1938 || Ferdinand Albert||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1938 || 1959 || Constant Pallard||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1959 || 1965 || Emile Fromageau||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1965 || 1977 || Pierre Delaroche||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1977 || 1993 || Jacques Bertrand||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1993 || 1995 || Emile Lejeune||align=" center" | || |- | align=center| 1995 || 2001 || Michel Merlet||align=" center" | ||

Demography

Economy

  • Antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Nantes and Saint-Nazaire.

Structure

  • Very strongly influenced (in restoration) by Italian architecture thanks to the orders of François-Frederic Lemot and the brothers Cacault at the 19th century, in the fields of the architect Mathurin Crucy (first price of Rome in 1764). They indeed fell under the charm from Clisson and decided to rebuild it (it was touched hard by the Guerre of the Vendée) on the Italian style. Several of them settle there, taking part in the current of rebuilding Italianist. One owes them in particular the Garenne Lemot .

Places and monuments

Monuments:
  • the Castle of Clisson from which construction began at the 11th century, continued during the 13th century.
  • the Vault of Templiers which accommodates exposures or even concerts…
  • the Vault St Jacques
  • the Temple of the Friendship
  • the Mill of Plessard (at the bottom of the park Henri IV)
  • the Markets (in the center, close to the Castle, which accommodates the market every Friday, and Tuesday, small market also)
  • the Lemot Villa (in the wild rabbit of the same name)
Parks:
  • Garenne Lemot
  • the Park Henri IV (opposite Garenne Lemot)
  • Garenne Valentine

Personalities related to the commune

  • the family of the lords of Clisson whose most famous representative was Olivier V, the Connétable of France which was born with the castle
  • Frederic Lemot
  • François Cacault
  • the Brothers Jacques, hidden with Clisson during the war of 1940
  • Pierre Viansson-Ponté, journalist political
  • Serge Danot (Magic Horse-gear): the mill of the Layer was the place where the magic Horse-gear was built, filmed and produced. The woman of Serge Danot is there still.

Twinning

Clisson is twinned with:

See too

  • Common of the Loire-Atlantique
  • List of the lords of Clisson

External bonds

  • Official site of the community of communes of the Valley of Clisson and the Tourist office
  • Geography of Brittany, gate of the cities and countries Breton - Clisson/Klison
  • Official site of the commune of Clisson
  • Clisson on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Clisson on the site of INSEE
  • Clisson on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Clisson on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Clisson on Mapquest
  • Official site of the Celtic Circle Olivier de Clisson
  • Official site of the College Charles PEGUY
  • Official site of association For Graphic arts in Valley of Clisson

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