Montluçon: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 58 - 90 Inter-Hotel de l´Univers
 With a building of the 1900´s, the Inter-Hôtel De L´Univers is close to the train station, the town centre of Montluçon and its medieval… MoreEUR 51 - 64 Kyriad Montlucon
 This Kyriad Hotel is located on the banks of the Cher River, near the city centre. This comfortable and affordable 2-star hotel is ideal for an en-rou… MoreEUR 54 - 140 Ibis Montluçon
 In the heart of the medieval city, looking onto the Cher River, the hotel boasts a privileged location to enjoy a relaxing leisure stay or successful … MoreEUR 42 - 50 Hotel Le Faisan
 Located in Montlucon town centre, Le Faisan is opposite the train station with SNCF services to Bourges and Clermont-Ferrand. It offers en-suite rooms… MoreEUR 52 - 76 Hotel Bomotel
 The Hotel Bomotel is located at the entrance to Montlucon, just a 5-minute drive from the city centre. It offers free private parking and free Wi-Fi a… MoreEUR 46 - 74 Hotel De La Gare
 Located close to Montlucon SNCF Train Station, Hotel de la Gare is less than one kilometre from the Athanor Conference Centre. It offers air-copnditio… MoreEUR 40 - 50 Hôtel-Restaurant Marmotte
 Located at the heart of the St Jacques shopping centre of Montlucon, close to the Exhibition activity parks, to the Athanor cultural centre and to the… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montluçon: Guide
Montluçon (commune in central France. It is the biggest town in the département in France|département Allier.
Geography
Montluçon is situated on the Cher River, 50 m. S.W. of Moulins, Allier|Moulins by the Orleans railway.
History
The town, which formed part of the duchy of Bourbon, was taken by the English in 1171, and by Philip II of France|Philip Augustus in 1181; the English were beaten under its walls in the 14th century.
Sights
The upper town, on an eminence on the right bank, consists of steep, narrow, winding streets, and preserves several buildings of the 15th and 16th centuries; the lower town, traversed by the Cher, is the seat of the industries.
Of the churches, Notre-Dame is of the 14th century, St Pierre partly of the 12th and St Paul modern. The town-hall, with a library, occupies the site of an old Ursulines|Ursuline convent, and two other convents are used as college and hospital. Overlooking the town is the castle rebuilt by Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, and taken by Henry IV of France|Henry IV during the French Wars of Religion; it serves as a barracks.
Economy
According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
:Industries embrace the manufacture of glass, chemicals, mirrors, sewing-machines, and iron and steel production. The Commentry coal-mines and Neris, a town with thermal springs, are a few miles distant to the south-east.
Miscellaneous
Population in 1906: 31,888.
Montluçon is the seat of a sub-prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a board of trade arbitration, a chamber of commerce and a lycee.
Montluçon is twinned with Hagen, Germany and Leszno, Poland.
Births
Montluçon was the birthplace of:
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André Messager (1853-1929), musician
Marx Dormoy (1888-1941), politician
Bernadette Vergnaud (born 1950), Politics of France|French politician and Member of the European ParliamentExternal link and reference
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