Issoire

Issoire is a common French, located in the department of the Puy-de-Dôme and the area of Auvergne.
It is one of the four Sous-préfecture S of the department with Ambert, Riom and Thiers.
Its inhabitants is called Issoiriens.

Geography

Located at the south of Clermont-Ferrand, close to the A75, in edge To combine it, it is crossed by the Couze Pavin, affluent Allier.

While coming from Clermont-Ferrand, one must initially cross a deep rock throat where tumultuous the Allier runs. With leaving this throat, one discovers Issoire opening on the Limagne same name. It is a fertile valley developing on a North-South axis along the Allier in direction Brioude. It decorates the many ones butt of volcanic origin to the soft forms, of which most remarkable are Puy d' Isson, Usson and Nonette. The Limagne of Issoire is also bordered of beautiful formed plates of run Basalte as with Perrier. The area of Issoire is marked by an architecture with the definitely Mediterranean character. The softness of the landscape, the quality of the light were worth with this area the nickname of Tuscany Auvergnate.

Economy

A long time agricultural, Issoire started to develop in 1855 with the arrival of the railroad. Then the establishment of a regiment gave a new breath to the trade. It is especially at the 20th century that industry took its rise:

factory Ducellier (1938), become Valeo, which produces accessories for the car
Wassmer aviation, become Issoire-Aviation, which produces the Avion Issoire APM-20 Lionceau
the motor bike Voxan, only French motor bike
especially, metallurgy of the aluminum intended for the aerospace one, which was worth in Issoire the title of “European capital of aluminum”.

The Innomat Technopolis is turned towards new materials. Issoire also knows an important marketing activity.

The city has an antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Clermont-Ferrand/Issoire.

History

Named formerly Isiodorensis , " Issoire Belle" have through its term the memory of a Gallo-Roman origin . Several objects going back to this time were discovered as of 1780: ancient ballot boxes, currencies Gaulois be and Roman, funerary vases Gallo-Roman.

The name of the city was written Yssoire for a long time. The " Y" who appears in the armorial bearings testifies some. It is starting from the revolution that the modern orthography Issoire was essential. In Occitan, the city is called Suire ) .

The Middle Ages

If the historical sources remain difficult to gather, it is probable that a first monastery was founded in Issoire by the first bishop auvergnat, holy Austremoine, about the middle of the 3rd century, according to the oldest testimony, that of the historian Gregoire de Tours. This one would have been plundered by the Visigoths at the time of their passage in 474.

V {{E}} at the 8th century, the memory of holy Austremoine fell into the lapse of memory. Its relics were transferred to Volvic, then with the Abbaye of Mozac. In 816, monks Benedictines come from Charroux in the Poitou and fleeing the invasions Normans, take refuge in the area, with Saint-Yvoine. One among, named them Gislebert, goes to Issoire and decides to rebuild the old monastery of Saint-Austremoine. The new monastery will be devoted in 937 per Bernard, bishop of Clermont, under the double term of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Austremoine.

Before first half of the 12th century, the monks decide the complete rebuilding of the monastery and its abbey, with the image of the others major churches already built. It is the monument which we can admire today.

Wars of religion

A Protestant is burned alive in 1548. October 15th, 1575 (Fifth war of religion), the city is taken and plundered by the troops of the captain Merle. At the time of the following war, in June 1576, the city is taken again and plundered by the royal army of the duke of Anjou. The town of Issoire is taken by the members of a league on February 10th, 1590. February 11th, Jacques de Villelume-Barmontet besieges the members of a league taken refuge in the citadel, at this point in time the chief of the Jean-Louis League of Rochefoucauld, count of Randan, makes the seat of the city held by the royalists, ordered by Jacques de Villelume-Barmontet, brigadier who push back the members of a league. March 14th, 1590, Jacques de Villelume-Barmontet, with the head of fifty cuirassiers, continues the count de Randan and demolishes it with the battle of Cross-country race-Roland, close to Issoire. March 15th, 1590, Jacques de Villelume-Barmontet is named governor of Issoire, and in his load of brigadier, continuous to take share with the operations against the League until 1595.

Since the XIXe century

Issoire remained a long time agricultural. But the crisis of the Phylloxéra in 1895 was a very hard blow. One of the only economic activities is then shipping: one transfers onto Combining it, mainly, of the wood of fir tree. It should be waited until 1831 so that the first bridge on Combining it, in Parentignat, does not make necessary the passage by a vat. The arrival of the railroad in 1855 involves the bankruptcy of the boatmen. The installation of an artillery regiment gives a little breath to the economy. It is replaced then by the EATAT, then by the ENTSOA (technical National school of the warrant officers of active), closed and replaced in 1999 by the 28 {{E}} RT. The economic advancement of the city dates from the middle of the twentieth century, with the installation of an important iron-foundry.

Heraldic

Administration

Policy

For the first time of its history, the town of Issoire, anchored on the right, voted in majority for a left-wing candidate (Ségolène Royal) in a presidential election, on May 6th, 2007.

Demography

Remarkable monuments

The church Saint-Austremoine is one of the most beautiful Romance churches of Auvergne, with the four other churches known as “major”:

Notre-Dame of the Port to Clermont-Ferrand,
the Basilica Notre Dame with Orcival,
the church of Saint-Nectaire cheese,
the church of Saint-Saturnin.

Old abbey church of a Benedictine abbey, it was built at the 12th century in arkose , (a fair stone of the surroundings).

Ransacked by the captain huguenot Blackbird at the time of the wars of religion, it was restored several times. It is classified under the historic buildings since 1835.

The bedside, superb, is the most perfect part of the building. Inside, which strikes it is the color, which go back to 1859, certain capitals are historiés , they tell: Cène , the visit of the women to the tomb, appearances of the Christ in Marie-madeleine, etc

The capitals of the chorus illustrate various moments lived by the Christ between the Maundy Thursday and Sunday of Easter. They are probably the fruit of experienced sculptors come from the Languedoc.

Under the chorus splendid a crypt is, which has escaped with “smearing”. One finds there a beautiful mounting of the 13th century out of enamel of Limoges. It was bought by the Daguillon abbot in 1853 to place the relics of Saint-Austremoine there. Its faces describe the visit of the Holy Women to the Tomb and the appearance of Christ with Marie-madeleine. Flown in 1963, the mounting was found with Hawaii in 1990 after a tour in the world. It is again in the crypt since 1992.

Celebrities

François Albert-Bush (1881-1961), born with Issoire, magistrate, economist, politician (mayor of Issoire and senator of the Puy-de-Dôme), historian and academician French.
Antoine Duprat (born in Issoire in 1463 - deceased in 1535), chancellor of François I {{er}}.

Twinning

Anecdote

Issoire is, with Ambert, one of the two sub-prefectures victims of the hoaxes arbitrary and anarchizing of the seven heroes of the '' Copains '', novel of Jules Romain published in 1913. The choice had been made on these two cities because, on a chart of France, they lorgnaient of an evil eye the seven friends. Yves Robert drew from it in 1964 a film from the same name (the Buddies).

To see with the surroundings

the medieval village of Montpeyroux;
the village of Usson;
the valley of the saints, close to Be sulky;
caves of Perrier;
the castle of Siorac;
the point of view of the puy of Ysson above Solignat.

See too

Common of the Puy-de-Dôme

External bonds

Official site of the town of Issoire
Photographs of the church Saint Austremoine
Romanes.com: Photographs of the church
Issoire on the site of the national geographical Institute
Issoire on the site of INSEE
Issoire on the site of Quid
Localization of Issoire on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Issoire on Mapquest

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